More than 1 in 8 Americans are now alcoholics
Two national surveys from the last decade and a half (2001-02 & 2012-13) have found that Americans have become very heavy drinkers with the greatest rise has been among women, older people and ethnic minorities. But it’s not just that we are drinking more (high-risk drinking and alcoholism sharply rose from 2001 to 2012), a JAMA Psychiatry report shows the number of teetotallers has fallen as well. 1 (The high-risk category for men is “five or more standard drinks on one day at least once a week” and for women, it’s “four or more in a day per week.” 2) “The first survey...
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