Think before you drink – then drink

Does research suggesting there is no safe level of alcohol consumption add up?

Julian Baggini
Sep 4, 2018 · 4 min read

I intend to make the whole of September, and perhaps even the rest of the year, my “festival of 50” – an ongoing celebration of reaching my half-century. But as if to poop my party, a study was published last month which was widely reported to conclude that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. Coincidentally, it came soon after a Guardian article in which I had in passing expressed scepticism about an earlier study claiming the…

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