May 4, 2009/New York Times on high-functioning alcoholics, people who are able to maintain respectable lives in spite of their addiction.

January 19, 2009/New York Times on study showing "statistically overwhelming evidence" that raising taxes also reduces the level of drinking

January 2009/Psychiatric Services publishes study from Substance Abuse Policy Research Program concluding that addiction costs Medicaid hundreds of millions annually

Dec. 27, 2008/"Health Care That Puts a Computer on the Team," story about electronic medical records and evidence-based medicine, dateline Marshfield

Dec. 8, 2008/"It's the Holiday. How About Just One?", blog piece by Jim Atkinson in "Proof: Alcohol and American Life," The New York Times online

Dec. 2, 2008/The Today Show lists SBI as one of the Top 20 medical breakthroughs for women

Sept. 17, 2008/New York Times editorial warns against lowering the legal drinking age

Sept. 8, 2008/The New York Times' Jane Brody on curbing binge drinking

July 6, 2008/The Appleton Post Crescent starts series on drinking in Wisconsin

July 8, 2008/New York Times on U.S. veterans from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from alcohol abuse in rising numbers

July 7, 2008/Associated Press on how drinking games prove deadly to college students

June 9, 2008/ Associated Press on how exercise might increase resistance to alcohol and drug dependence

May 20, 2008/New York Times on effectiveness of screening for domestic abuse

May 17, 2008/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on need to fund treatment for substance abuse

April 15, 2008/New York Times story about binge birthday drinking at 21

Feb. 26, 2008/The New York Times features two books about the same young drug addict--one by the young man, the other by his father

Feb. 25, 2008/The Capital Times reports that Aaron's House offers hope to young men with alcohol and substance abuse problems

Feb. 22, 2008/The Capital Times reports that "Thirsty Thursday" gets drinking off to an early start on weekends

Feb. 3, 2008/Drunk driving is a curse "Up North," says Wisconsin State Journal article

Jan. 22, 2008/Wisconsin State Journal editorial urges passage of bill requiring Breathalyzer-type devices in the vehicles of all repeat drunken drivers

Jan. 7, 2008/The Wall Street Journal says that classes early on Fridays curbs Thursday-night drinking

Jan. 3, 2008/Wisconsin State Journal op-ed by Rep. Terese Berceau calling for action on our state's lax drunk driving laws

Dec. 10, 2007/Wisconsin State Journal on "Teen Connection" TV show about teens and drinking in Wisconsin, quotes WIPHL's Rich Brown and Paul Moberg

Oct. 17, 2007/Chicago Tribune reports that even moderate drinking can increase risk of breast and colon cancer

Oct. 8, 2007/Onion-style newspaper, The Booze News, creates campus buzz, CNN

Sept. 23, 2007/Wisconsin State Journal opinion piece urges, "Sober up, Wisconsin!"

Sept. 20, 2007/New York Times letter to the editor by Rich Brown about college binge drinking

Sept. 12, 2007/New York Times article on college binge drinking by Samuel Freedman

Sept. 17, 2007/The Capital Times features report saying Wisconsin still No. 1 in alcohol use

Sept. 17, 2007/UW Population Health Institute: Impact of Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use in Wisconsin

Sept. 12, 2007/New York Times on UW's parent notification program for student drinkers

Aug. 7, 2007/New York Times on how counseling by phone benefits drinkers, study by Dr. Richard L. Brown

Sept. 4, 2007/The Capital Times on increase in traffic at methadone clinics

Aug. 29, 2007/The Capital Times on county detox center's preparation for football season and influx of students

Aug. 1, 2007/Join Together Op-Ed about a Wisconsin addiction program that includes nicotine dependence

July 15, 2007/"Drinking Stakes High," Wisconsin State Journal

July 5, 2007/ ESPN Magazine/Josh Hamilton's addiction story

July 5, 2007/Time Magazine cover story on addiction

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