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Report recommends measures to battle underage drinking.
Byline: Shannon McMahon
WASHINGTON _ The National Academy of Sciences recommended in a long-awaited report Wednesday that government officials combat underage drinking by raising alcohol taxes and sharply limiting liquor advertising on television and in magazines.
The report, which some hope will lay the groundwork for a comprehensive national plan to tackle drinking by minors, found that underage drinking kills 6.5 times more youths than all illicit drugs combined and that traffic fatalities and violent crime associated with underage drinking cost the country $53 billion a year.
The report received bipartisan support from lawmakers, who hailed ...
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