Albertans have less risky booze habits than Australians: study

It seems apt that the idea to undertake a study comparing the drinking habits of Albertans with those of people living in the northern Australian state of Queensland happened over a few frothies.
Richard Franklin, an associate professor at James Cook University in northern Australia, and Don Voaklander, director of the Injury Prevention Centre at the University of Alberta, were at a pub having the perennial debate about which country drank more beer when they decided to do something about it.&nb