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How weight-loss medication is changing relationships with alcohol When Lisa Rees took her first dose of weight-loss medication in April, she hoped she would end up losing a few kilograms.

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What happened

How weight-loss medication is changing relationships with alcohol When Lisa Rees took her first dose of weight-loss medication in April, she hoped she would end up losing a few kilograms.

Why it matters

What she did not expect, though, was the side effect she has described as the drug's "best benefit": as well as eating less food, she has been drinking much less alcohol.

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Gov. Gavin Newsom and wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom are offloading their Sacramento-area home.

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Claim 1: “Gov. Gavin Newsom and wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom are offloading their Sacramento-area home”

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Multiple sources confirm that Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Siebel Newsom are listing/offloading their home in the Fair Oaks/Sacramento area.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving as the governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the lieutena…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gavin Newsom has served as governor of California since 2019. First elected in 2018, he survived a 2021 recall election and was re-elected to a second term in 2022. Given the state of California's con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorship_of_Gavin_Newsom

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jennifer Lynn Siebel Newsom (née Siebel; born June 19, 1974) is an American documentary filmmaker and actress who since 2019, as the wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom, has served as First Partn…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Siebel_Newsom

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Claim 2: “listing the palatial property for double what they paid”

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The claim that the property is listed for 'double what they paid' is explicitly stated in one web search result, but not corroborated by the other sources provided.

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web search NEUTRAL — Gavin Newsom and wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom are offloading their Sacramento-area home — listing the palatial property for double what they paid eight years ago. California’s first couple listed the 1…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/24/us-news/gavin-newsom-lists-fai…

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web search NEUTRAL — Gavin Newsom's sprawling Sacramento-area mansion is up for sale.The listing describes the seven-bedroom home at 7640 Tobia Way as a "showcase of Santa Barbara-inspired architecture" that is "privately…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/newsoms-list-sa…

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web search NEUTRAL — Search. RU. Newsom CAUGHT: He Thought NOBODY Would Notice... Tap to unmute. 2x. On this full, LIVE episode of LARRY, we discuss Gavin Newsom's INSANE brag that he's funneling taxpayer dollars to illeg…
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Claim 3: “Gavin Newsom lists sprawling mansion for $7.5 million”

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Two independent web search results explicitly state that Gavin Newsom has listed his Sacramento-area/Fair Oaks mansion for $7.5 million.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This Is Gavin Newsom is a political podcast hosted by American politician and businessman Gavin Newsom, the 40th governor of California. The podcast aims to expand his national audience by participati…
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Claim 4: “it comes with 5K-bottle wine cellar and a ‘personal wellness oasis’”

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The specific details regarding the 5K-bottle wine cellar and 'personal wellness oasis' are mentioned in one web search result. Other results confirm the listing price and location but do not repeat these specific interior features.

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Claim 5: “Cannabis use is climbing among American adults”

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Multiple sources confirm that cannabis use and cannabis use disorder are increasing among adults in the United States.

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web search NEUTRAL — The prevalence of cannabis use disorder also rose among women, increasing to nearly 6 percent in 2024, up from about 5 percent in 2021. Symptoms of the disorder include not being able to cut back or q…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/well/cannabis-use-disorde…

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web search NEUTRAL — Cannabis use disorder is becoming more common among adults in the U.S., with researchers finding increases among both men and women as marijuana use has expanded nationwide, according to a new study.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nearly half of adults in the United States who use cannabis mainly smoke it, but about 1 in 7 use it in nearly every form available, a behavior tied to daily cannabis use and increased addiction risk,…
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Claim 6: “New Study Reveals Troubling Cannabis Trend Among Men Over 35”

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Multiple web search results reference a JAMA Psychiatry study indicating that cannabis use disorder is rising among U.S. adults, specifically noting increases among men 35 and older.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Autocorrelation, sometimes known as serial correlation in the discrete time case, measures the correlation of a signal with a delayed copy of itself. Essentially, it quantifies the similarity between …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Simpson's paradox is a phenomenon in probability and statistics in which a trend appears in several groups of data but disappears or reverses when the groups are combined. This result is often encount…
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