Alcohol: A Drink for Fun or For Pain
Date Submitted: 04/16/2004 13:42:52
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 4 pages (1029 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 4 pages (1029 words)
A report, which was launched in January by Health Secretary Donna Shalala and published in the Globe magazine, states that 44 % of adults age 18 and over consumed 12 or more drinks in the past year. Of that 44% of adults, 46 % of them report having been drunk during the year while 4% report having been drunk weekly. Nearly 10 % of current drinkers (about 8 million persons) meet diagnostic criteria for alcohol dependence. An additional 7 % (more than 5.6 million persons) meet diagnostic criteria for …
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…and then, but then there are those who drink continuously. Whether it is because of friends or family influences, drinking alcohol on a regular basis is both foolish and extremely harmful, especially to family.
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Belmont: Wadsworth/Thomson, 2003
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