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Saturday, May 14, 2011

MUSINGS ON NEW AUSTRALIAN GUIDELINES FOR REDUCING THE RISK FROM SINGLE OCCASION DRINKING



Gmel et al. [1] draw our attention to several important issues in relation to our understanding of ‘risky single
occasion drinking’ (RSOD), its consequences and the literature
on which it is based. I, for one, am appreciative of their efforts to make sense of this literature. The questions I raise at the end of this commentary arise from reflections,
inspired by the paper, on recent past events around Australia’s national drinking (alcohol) guidelines.
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