Feeling philanthropic? Instead of giving money to homeless alcoholics, providing them with a can of cider may be more beneficial according to a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Researchers in Ottawa studied 17 homeless adults, all with long and chronic histories of alcohol abuse. They were allowed up to 15 glasses of wine or sherry a day. After an average of I 6 months, the number of times participants who got in trouble with the law had fallen 5 I per cent from the three years before they joined the programme, and hospital emergency room visits were down by 36 percent.
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机译：感觉慈善吗？根据《加拿大医学会杂志》（Canadian Medical Association Journal）的一份报告，与其给无家可归的酗酒者钱，不如给无家可归的酗酒者喝一罐苹果酒可能更有益。渥太华的研究人员研究了17名无家可归的成年人，他们都有长期和长期的酗酒史。每天允许他们最多喝15杯葡萄酒或雪利酒。经过平均6个月的时间，遇到法律问题的参与者与加入该计划之前的三年相比，下降了5％，而医院急诊室的探访次数减少了36％。
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