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Alcohol and Its Effects 1
Alcohol and Its Effects 1
Zach Thomas
The Dangers of Alcohol
- Every year in the U.S. roughly 5,000 people under the age of 21
die from an alcohol-related incident including car crashes,
homicides, suicides, alcohol poisoning and other related injuires.
- About 178,000 people die from excessive alcohol use in the U.S.
each year.
- About 31% of all traffic crash fatalities in the United States
involve drunk drivers (with BACs of .08 g/dL or higher)
- Every day, about 37 people in the United States die in
drunk-driving crashes — that’s one person every 39 minutes
Addiction
If you decide to drink, do it around people you trust, in places you are familiar with.
Never let anyone dictate what, or how much of what you drink.
- https://madd.org/statistics/
- https://valleyhope.org/blog/alcohol/education/alcoholism-in-america-key-facts/?psafe_param=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwYSwBhDcARIsAOyL0fi1ubfLY_7Szjn6d7sF77h
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- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/death-riley-strain-missouri-student-found-nashville-river-continues-ap-rcna144936