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„Jackass“-Star Ryan Dunn hatte zum Zeitpunkt seines tödlichen Verkehrsunfalls fast zwei Promille Alkohol im Blut. Am Montagmorgen war der Stuntman laut Polizeiangaben nahe Philadelphia mit über 220 Kilometern pro Stunde mit seinem Porsche von einer Straße abgekommen und in einen Wald gerast. Das Fahrzeug ging in Flammen auf. Dunn und sein Beifahrer kamen bei dem Unfall ums Leben. (Quelle: Google Alkohol News, 24.6.11) welt.de, 23.6.11

Philadelphia’s Treatment Research Institute (TRI) is launching a new center designed to help parents address alcohol and drug use by their children, TRI announced in a Sept. 14 press release.
The Parents Translational Research Center, funded with a five-year grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), will conduct research to aid parents and caregivers, and disseminate its findings by collaborating with the Partnership at DrugFree.org (formerly the Partnership for a Drug-Free America). (Source: Join Together, 9/16/10)

Children who have an extreme sweet tooth also may be at elevated risk of becoming alcoholics, according to researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. LiveScience reported Feb. 10 that researcher Julie Mennella and colleagues studied sweetness preference among 300 children ages 5-12. They found that the children who had a family history of alcoholism and had symptoms of depression were also the most likely to express a preference for intense sweetness. (Source: Join Together, 2/19/10)