Alcohol is the most socially acceptable drug on the market and the most accessible. The general public still has a tendency to believe alcohol is an acceptable form of relaxation.
Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. Alcohol causes 88,000 deaths each year.
Alcohol is different than other illicit substances in that it can cause overdose deaths and also kill people slowly by deteriorating the body.
According to a study released in 2010 by a group of British scientists, alcohol was rated the most harmful drug overall and almost three times as harmful as cocaine or tobacco. In comparison.
This ranking encouraged the scientists to say that aggressively targeting the harms of alcohol is a necessary public health strategy.
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