05-12-2017 22:38 via baltimore.cbslocal.com

Study Finds Drinking Habits, Problems Tied To Where You Live

BALTIMORE (WJZ) –– While many studies have looked at personal and psychological issues for the possible cause of drinking problems, a new report says the basic root of most drinking problems boils down to the old saying, “location, location, location.”
Researchers at the University of Washington followed over 500 people in the Seattle area and found that residents in neighborhoods with high poverty and crime rates tended to drink twice as much in an average week than
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