• Bhutanese archery is a highly sociable, often alcohol-fuelled affair with a hint of amiable danger thrown in.

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  • The report said parents and siblings often bought alcohol for youngsters.

    BBC: Brighton and Hove considers child alcohol contracts

  • Hence the popularity of college fraternities and sororities, where older students often purchase alcohol in bulk for parties and share it with younger members of the society.

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  • The centre, which is run by Quarriers, has beds for 14 needy young people who, as well as being homeless, often have alcohol or drug addiction problems or mental health issues.

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  • Alcohol duty fraud in the UK often involves exporting alcohol to the EU - untaxed - and then bringing it back into the UK with false paperwork.

    BBC: Alcohol duty fraud: Action needed, say off-licences

  • From the outside, the community seems to be a meaningless group comprised of strangers who paint their faces, dress in festive colorful outfits, and participate in strange, boisterous rites often accompanied by alcohol, gluttonous food combinations, angry rages, and meaningless chatter.

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  • Correspondents say in the past, political parties and candidates have often offered cash or alcohol as incentives to voters during an election.

    BBC: India Nagaland home minister resigns after arrest

  • Cocktails often have a higher alcohol content than a standard glass of wine or beer, so Mr. Arnold cautions against having a full cocktail with each course in a meal.

    WSJ: Pairing Cocktails With Food

  • "Alcohol is often seen as part and parcel of Christmas celebrations, but it's important for parents to be positive role models for their children by drinking in moderation, " said Ch Insp Goulden.

    BBC: Wine drinker

  • Alcohol smuggling is often supposed to involve individuals bringing back more drink than they are allowed from trips abroad, or criminal gangs driving into the country with van loads of cheap booze bought abroad.

    BBC: Bottles

  • Lost in the celebration of those halcyon Charleston days is that the era spanning 1920 (when the 18th Amendment became law) to 1934 (when the amendment was repealed) was marked by raging culture wars, rampant xenophobia, political upheaval, and threats of death or worse that came more often via poisonous industrial-strength alcohol masquerading as low-grade liquor than the rat-a-tat-tat of a Tommy gun.

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  • Mrs Kelly said a refusal to sell alcohol to underage drinkers was often the cause of attacks.

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  • The second most common cause is alcohol damage to the pancreas, often after binge drinking.

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  • It said most of the responsibility was being placed on drug and alcohol action teams, which were often run jointly with councils, but these tended to focus on the most serious cases that required detox and counselling programmes.

    BBC: NHS alcohol services 'struggling'

  • One town official said that, although drinking alcohol is illegal in Bangladesh, people often make cheap brews containing large amounts of methylated spirit.

    BBC: Illegal alcohol deaths

  • Experts from Drinkaware warned that alcohol might appear to aid stress - but often made things worse.

    BBC: Two thirds 'turn to drink' to relax in the evening

  • They were often spotted at a nearby check-cashing store buying alcohol, she said.

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  • Officers said numbers of attacks often rise at Christmas because of stress and people drinking more alcohol.

    BBC: Ticket campaign

  • The bottled alcoholic drinks are often brightly coloured, carrying fashionable labels and taste strongly of fruit juices rather than alcohol.

    BBC: Alcopops hit as real ale boosted

  • In most states, a person with a long history of arrests and convictions for misdemeanors (often pleaded down from felony charges), prior restraining orders for domestic violence and history of drug and alcohol abuse can own as many military-style weapons as he can afford to purchase, and can legally carry concealed guns almost anywhere.

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  • Alcohol Concern said the regional variations reflect cultural differences and also the fact that beer and other drinks are often cheaper in the north.

    BBC: Northerners 'are heaviest drinkers'

  • But almost all adult services split alcohol and drugs into two completely separate programmes in different locations with different counsellors and critics say that can often mean young people drop out.

    BBC: Newsbeat - The P Word - Drug habits see a 'major shift'

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