UTExan said:
Great news indeed. Alcohol abuse only is responsible for 88,000 deaths per year in the US.
Okay----Aggiefan#1 said:
I also think your numbers are wrong as the National Highway Safety states there were less than 10,000 deaths that were alcohol related in 2014.
These made up less than one-third of all highway deaths.
Alcohol related driving fatalities are officially slightly more than 10 % of all annual alcohol abuse deaths. I referred to the data regarding all deaths from alcohol abuse, not merely the traffic statistics, which account for slightly more than 10 % of all alcohol abuse deaths.Quote:
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) in the United States:Alcohol-Related Deaths:
- Adults (ages 18+): According to the 2015 NSDUH, 15.1 million adults ages 18 and older3 (6.2 percent of this age group4) had AUD. This includes 9.8 million men3 (8.4 percent of men in this age group4) and 5.3 million women3 (4.2 percent of women in this age group4).
- About 6.7 percent of adults who had AUD in the past year received treatment. This includes 7.4 percent of males and 5.4 percent of females with AUD in this age group.5
- Youth (ages 1217): According to the 2015 NSDUH, an estimated 623,000 adolescents ages 12176 (2.5 percent of this age group7) had AUD. This number includes 298,000 males6 (2.3 percent of males in this age group7) and 325,000 females6 (2.7 percent of females in this age group7).
- About 5.2 percent of youth who had AUD in the past year received treatment. This includes 5.1 percent of males and 5.3 percent of females with AUD in this age group.5
Economic Burden:
- An estimated 88,0008 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women8) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States. The first is tobacco, and the second is poor diet and physical inactivity.9
- In 2014, alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).10
- In 2010, alcohol misuse cost the United States $249.0 billion.11
- Three-quarters of the total cost of alcohol misuse is related to binge drinking.11
https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/alcohol-facts-and-statistics
UTExan said:
Alcohol related driving fatalities are officially slightly more than 10 % of all annual alcohol abuse deaths. I referred to the data regarding all deaths from alcohol abuse, not merely the traffic statistics, which account for slightly more than 10 % of all alcohol abuse deaths.
Hey now! If the 1920's and the War on Drugs have taught us anything, it's that prohibition totally works and there are no catastrophic unintended consequences such as empowering violent cartels that peddle those substances. And it certainly doesn't lead to an erosion of basic freedoms at the hands of government.chimpanzee said:UTExan said:
Alcohol related driving fatalities are officially slightly more than 10 % of all annual alcohol abuse deaths. I referred to the data regarding all deaths from alcohol abuse, not merely the traffic statistics, which account for slightly more than 10 % of all alcohol abuse deaths.
Good thing prohibition doesn't lead to any violent deaths.
Aggie4Life02 said:
...so if the Federal Government needed a constitutional amendment to outlaw alcohol, why is it that they didn't need one to outlaw drugs? Nevermind, get back to your Budweiser.
PacifistAg said:Aggie4Life02 said:
...so if the Federal Government needed a constitutional amendment to outlaw alcohol, why is it that they didn't need one to outlaw drugs? Nevermind, get back to your Budweiser.
I'm pretty sure most posters here have enough self-respect to not drink Budweiser.
chimpanzee said:UTExan said:
Alcohol related driving fatalities are officially slightly more than 10 % of all annual alcohol abuse deaths. I referred to the data regarding all deaths from alcohol abuse, not merely the traffic statistics, which account for slightly more than 10 % of all alcohol abuse deaths.
Good thing prohibition doesn't lead to any violent deaths.
Those "criminal actors" were the result of the horribly failed policy of prohibition. It also resulted in a more dangerous product.UTExan said:chimpanzee said:UTExan said:
Alcohol related driving fatalities are officially slightly more than 10 % of all annual alcohol abuse deaths. I referred to the data regarding all deaths from alcohol abuse, not merely the traffic statistics, which account for slightly more than 10 % of all alcohol abuse deaths.
Good thing prohibition doesn't lead to any violent deaths.
Actually prohibition did not. It was criminal actors gunning each other down by the tens or hundreds. But we exchanged that for a mere 88,000 deaths per year by alcohol abuse.
I'm not much of a drinker but when I do, longnecks are a nice mild beerSoulSlaveAG2005 said:PacifistAg said:Aggie4Life02 said:
...so if the Federal Government needed a constitutional amendment to outlaw alcohol, why is it that they didn't need one to outlaw drugs? Nevermind, get back to your Budweiser.
I'm pretty sure most posters here have enough self-respect to not drink Budweiser.
Dang skippy. We drink sophisticated beverages like Lone star.
There I will disagree. It was because of individual lust for alcohol (which is idolatry IMHO) that drove the demand, which in turn ratcheted up illegal activity to meet that demand.BTW, I do not think prohibition would ever succeed because alcohol, like naturally-occurring drugs, is exceedingly easy to produce. It is but another indication that human beings are beyond helping themselves due to our sin nature and must rely on God for the strength to resist abusing alcohol if one is predisposed to addictive behavior.PacifistAg said:Those "criminal actors" were the result of the horribly failed policy of prohibition. It also resulted in a more dangerous product.UTExan said:chimpanzee said:UTExan said:
Alcohol related driving fatalities are officially slightly more than 10 % of all annual alcohol abuse deaths. I referred to the data regarding all deaths from alcohol abuse, not merely the traffic statistics, which account for slightly more than 10 % of all alcohol abuse deaths.
Good thing prohibition doesn't lead to any violent deaths.
Actually prohibition did not. It was criminal actors gunning each other down by the tens or hundreds. But we exchanged that for a mere 88,000 deaths per year by alcohol abuse.
FIFMPacifistAg said:Aggie4Life02 said:
...so if the Federal Government needed a constitutional amendment to outlaw alcohol, why is it that they didn't need one to outlaw drugs? Nevermind, get back to your Budweiser.
I'm pretty sure most posters here have enough self-respect to notdrinkbuy Budweiser.
PacifistAg said:
Prohibition leads to criminal actors because it takes the market and pushes it underground, making it one controlled through force. The demand will be there, but the government so grossly distorted the marketplace which incentivized those who were willing to use force to increase their market share. It took the production and distribution from legitimate actors and drove them underground to the arms of the violent.
To absolve the policy of prohibition for the rise in organized crime is to ignore history and fundamental economic laws.
UTExan said:chimpanzee said:UTExan said:
Alcohol related driving fatalities are officially slightly more than 10 % of all annual alcohol abuse deaths. I referred to the data regarding all deaths from alcohol abuse, not merely the traffic statistics, which account for slightly more than 10 % of all alcohol abuse deaths.
Good thing prohibition doesn't lead to any violent deaths.
Actually prohibition did not. It was criminal actors gunning each other down by the tens or hundreds. But we exchanged that for a mere 88,000 deaths per year by alcohol abuse.
PacifistAg said:Hey now! If the 1920's and the War on Drugs have taught us anything, it's that prohibition totally works and there are no catastrophic unintended consequences such as empowering violent cartels that peddle those substances. And it certainly doesn't lead to an erosion of basic freedoms at the hands of government.chimpanzee said:UTExan said:
Alcohol related driving fatalities are officially slightly more than 10 % of all annual alcohol abuse deaths. I referred to the data regarding all deaths from alcohol abuse, not merely the traffic statistics, which account for slightly more than 10 % of all alcohol abuse deaths.
Good thing prohibition doesn't lead to any violent deaths.