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A Daily Drink Is Almost Certainly Not Going to Hurt You

Some reassuring context for a study that warns there is “no safe level of alcohol consumption.”
Source: Stefano Rellandini / Reuters

The headline to this story is an alternative interpretation of a study that’s going around this week in the news under headlines like “No Amount of Alcohol Is Safe, Experts Warn,” “No Healthy Level of Alcohol Consumption, Says Major Study,” and “If You’ve Ever Tasted Alcohol, Get Your Affairs in Order.”

The last headline is not real, but you get

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