First direct evidence that response to alcohol depends on genes: Dopamine receptor deficiency leads to significant …

First direct evidence that response to alcohol depends on genes: Dopamine receptor deficiency leads to significant …
A study in mice provides the first experimental evidence to directly support the idea that genetic differences make some individuals more susceptible to the addictive effects of alcohol and other drugs.
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Repealing the alcohol tax: to do or not to do?
This election, Massachusetts voters will decide the fate of three ballot questions. Among them are questions pertaining to eliminating sales tax on alcohol, repealing a law which allows developers building low-income housing to obtain a single permit, and a third which would reduce the state’s sales tax to 3 percent starting in January.
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From One Addiction to the Next: Starbucks To Offer Beer and Wine
Starbucks patrons could soon be riding an entirely new kind of buzz.
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