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A life-size cutot of Professor Aurejus Veryga is used to block the path to buying alcohol in a supermarket during hours when alcohol sales are prohibited, in Lithuania, on January 7, 2019..​

Reducing Alcohol-Related Deaths in Lithuania

How the country is cutting down on deaths related to excess drinking

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Bar Manager Nicolas de Soto mixes a Calvados-based cocktail at ECC in Chinatown, London December 3, 2010.

Alcohol: A Public Health Blind Spot

Richard Yoast on alcohol consumption and how philanthropies could help curb excess drinking   

A woman pours alcohol from the bottle into her mouth at the Far Hills Race Day at Moorland Farms in Far Hills, New Jersey, on October 17, 2015.
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Alcohol in Excess

How the World Health Organization plans to curb excess drinking across countries

The watercolor image shows a Russian man hefting a bottle and taking a big swig from it. His shadow is cast enlarged, looming over the top of the canvas.
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A Russian Prescription to Reduce Alcohol Use

by Emmanuela Gakidou, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Dana Bryazka

Sustained changes to alcohol policy in Russia have contributed to big gains in life expectancy