http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6287/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/iraq-vets-alcoholic-criminals <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Lizette Alvarez seizes on &quot;anecdotal evidence&quot; to find alcohol abuse rising among combat vets who served in Iraq and Afghanistan - the latest entry in the Times&#039; notorious &quot;War Torn&quot; series of unfriendly reports about veterans. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Who would have known? Some veterans of Iraq suffer from alcohol and drug abuse. That's the shocking conclusion of "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/us/08vets.html?_r="1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all" " target="_self">After the </a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/us/08vets.html?_r="1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all" ">Battle, Fighting the Bottle at Home</a>." </p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/iraq-vets-alcoholic-criminals" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch "LizetteAlvarez "WarTorn Alcoholism Crime IraqWar NewYorkTimes NYTimes TimesWatch TimesWatch.org veterans Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:41:00 +0000 admin 6269 at http://archive2.mrc.org