Bruce Mirken, AlterNet. August 19, 2008. The alcohol poisoning death rate in the United States is shockingly high, consistently between 300 and 400 a year. It's zero for pot.
Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor. September 11, 2007. Research shows that exposure to alcohol in middle school raises the risk of social problems later in life.
Jan Frel, AlterNet: Video. May 2, 2007. Like us, most monkeys drink "responsibly," some get trashed all the time, and a small group goes for teetotaling ginger ales.
Philip Barron, AlterNet: PEEK. April 9, 2007. Philip Barron: A-B's line of alcoholic mixers may cross the line between appealing to young adults and pandering to kids.
Heather Gehlert, AlterNet. January 4, 2007. AlterNet readers sound off about risks young women face in bars and nightclubs, the "she-asked-for-it" mentality, and who, if anyone, is a victim.