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Americans drinking themselves to death at record rates


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By Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post

Alcohol is killing Americans at a rate not seen in at least 35 years, according to new federal data. Last year, more than 30,700 Americans died from alcohol-induced causes, including alcohol poisoning and cirrhosis, which is primarily caused by alcohol use.

In 2014, there were 9.6 deaths from these alcohol-induced causes per 100,000 people, an increase of 37 percent since 2002.

This tally of alcohol-induced fatalities excludes deaths from drunk driving, other accidents, and homicides committed under the influence of alcohol. If those numbers were included the annual toll of deaths directly or indirectly caused by alcohol would be closer to 90,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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  1. Michael Lee says - Posted: December 31, 2015

    But weed is a schedule one drug? In all the parties, festivals and music events i’ve attended over the years, booze was always the issue with security.
    It still is in my travels, some people just can not party like a pro.

  2. Tahoebluewire says - Posted: December 31, 2015

    I’ll smoke a J to that!