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[thejournal.ie] , Bodkin, Peter A bad hangover won’t just hurt your head – it’s damaging the country as well. (19 Oct 2015)

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If you're feeling the ill effects after a few too many pints at the weekend, your drinking is probably doing more than hurting your head: it’s doing damage to the economy as well.

A new study from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has calculated the cost of binge drinking to the national finances, putting the total burden of excessive booze on the US economy at $249 billion (€219 billion at today’s rates) in 2010........


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