Posted on 09/22/2018 1:06:48 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Alcohol is responsible for more than 5% of all deaths worldwide, or around 3 million a year, new figures have revealed.
The data, part of a report from the World Health Organization, shows that about 2.3 million of those deaths in 2016 were of men, and that almost 29% of all alcohol-caused deaths were down to injuries – including traffic accidents and suicide.
The report, which comes out every four years, reveals the continued impact of alcohol on public health around the world, and highlights that the young bear the brunt: 13.5% of deaths among people in their 20s are linked to booze, with alcohol responsible for 7.2% of premature deaths overall.
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Carrie Nation is alive and well.
One in 20 of all deaths due to alcohol, says WHO
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Not in the US.
And is the rest of the world’s drinking problesm my problem? No.
Leftist totalitarian fascist corporations, including insurance companies, healthcare corporations, and internet companies want to end all freedom, every way they can.
“The headline is misleading. One in twenty deaths are due to mental illness. Alcohol is the symptom, not the cause.”
Correct. Addiction is self medication, not a moral failing, a symptom of emotional pain or mental illness.
In the not-to-distant past, a comment like yours would have been dismissed out of hand as crazy talk - now, not so much.
Jesus first miracle was to create wine. Not for it to be abused but for it to be enjoyed in the right circumstances.
Only 5%?
Roger Daltrey has turned into a little old lady.
The other 95% was caused by bacon.
Says Who?
Sez You.
“My experience with alcoholics is they are totally focused on themselves and don’t care what impact they have on others.”
It’s the concept of community impact that brought us Prohibition.
The collective decided to eliminate alcohol because of the negative impact on society, women and children.
And for the good of the drunkard.
It’s a lot worse than that. Everyone who drinks dies.
I do not believe any report that comes out of the W.H.O. They are mostly anti-American groups with the one-world-order (Communist) agenda.
Even groups like our C.D.C. are nothing more than leftist mouthpieces and cannot be trusted.
I think we’ve taken that explanation way too far—which contributes to our being way over-medicated.
The Left does this on purpose to get people to thinking their actions are not of their own doing and thus there is no such thing as personal responsibility.
Without personal responsibility people look to government for all the answers and can be more easily manipulated by the politicians.
Thank you
In the not-to-distant past, a comment like yours would have been dismissed out of hand as crazy talk - now, not so much.
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In the not too distant past, I would have been the first one dismissing them.
Now, not at all. Evil walks.
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