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St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain has a new chief deputy.
more>> St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain has a new chief deputy.
more>> Police are looking for 11-year-old Tationa Youngblood who was last seen Friday night around 9:30 p.m. in the 9200 block of Paula Court.more>> Police are looking for 11-year-old Tationa Youngblood who was last seen Friday night around 9:30 p.m. in the 9200 block of Paula Court.more>> The NOPD is looking for this woman for questioning in an aggravated battery in the 2100 block of South Claiborne on May 19.
more>> The NOPD is looking for this woman for questioning in an aggravated battery in the 2100 block of South Claiborne on May 19.
more>> The New Orleans Police Department needs your assistance in locating 54-year-old Patricia Brumfield, who is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and is desperately in need of her medication.more>> The New Orleans Police Department needs your assistance in locating 54-year-old Patricia Brumfield, who is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and is desperately in need of her medication.more>> Residents and companies in Plaquemines Parish are being asked to place all remaining debris from Hurricane Isaac on the roadside by Monday.more>> Residents and companies in Plaquemines Parish are being asked to place all remaining debris from Hurricane Isaac on the roadside by Monday.more>> A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid more than $21 million for medical tests at New Orleans area clinics.
more>> A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid more than $21 million for medical tests at New Orleans area clinics.
more>> "As part of the announcement today, NOPD announced that Commander Edwin Hosli has been reinstated to full duty following the close of local and federal investigations into the red light traffic camera detail."more>> "Today the New Orleans Police Department announced the realignment of several Police Commanders... As part of the announcement today, NOPD announced that Commander Edwin Hosli has been reinstated to full duty following the close of local and federal investigations into the red light traffic camera detail."more>> "Members of the NOPD's Homicide division issued a warrant for the arrest of 18-year-old Glen Emerson, for the role he played in the fatal wounding of 18-year-old Joseph Massenburg, an Illinois resident."more>> "Members of the NOPD's Homicide division issued a warrant for the arrest of 18-year-old Glen Emerson, for the role he played in the fatal wounding of 18-year-old Joseph Massenburg, an Illinois resident."more>> In a normally quiet River Ridge neighborhood, Jefferson Parish deputies investigate an apparent murder-suicide.
more>> In a normally quiet River Ridge neighborhood, Jefferson Parish deputies investigate an apparent murder-suicide.
more>> Meghan Lopez's parents say the 21-year-old woman took a synthetic drug called 2C-I, also known by other names including N-Bomb and C-Boom. In this case, a single drop proved fatal.
more>> Meghan Lopez's parents say the 21-year-old woman took a synthetic drug called 2C-I, also known by other names including N-Bomb and C-Boom. In this case, a single drop proved fatal.
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FOX - An increase in alcohol price may lead to fewer deaths among consumers.
Canadian researchers found deaths caused by alcohol dropped between 2002 and 2009 in the western province of British Columbia when the minimum alcohol price there was increased. Meanwhile, alcohol-related deaths rose in that same area when more private alcohol stores were opened.
The study suggests that increasing the minimum price of alcohol by 10 percent can lead to significant drops in drink-related deaths, as well as possibly providing long-term beneficial health effects.
The United States does not currently set a minimum alcohol price. However, the British government says it plans to introduce a minimum price on alcohol to try to clamp down on binge drinking.
Earlier research conducted by the same team found that each 10 percent increase in the minimum price of alcohol led people to drink 3.4 percent less alcohol overall.
You can view the entire report in the journal, "Addiction."
