For the regular drinker, this is a source of great comfort: the fat pile of studies that say a daily drink is better for a longer life than avoiding alcohol altogether. But a new analysis challenges that thinking, saying it’s based on flawed research comparing drinkers to people who are sick and sober. Madeleine Finlay hears from the study’s lead author, Tim Stockwell, a scientist at the Canadian Institute for Research on Substance Use at the University of Victoria, to find out why scientists (including him) were so convinced, and what the real risks of alcohol are is
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