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Josh Salisbury

Drinking under age of 40 ‘never good for health’, says new global study

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Drinking under the age of 40 is never good for the health and only limited consumption in older people has any health benefits, according to a major global study.

The research from the Global Burden of Diseases study, based at the University of Washington, is the first to report alcohol risk by geographical area, age, sex, and year, reported the Guardian.

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