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Alcohol-Related Deaths Surge to Nearly 500 a Day, CDC Says

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Re: Alcohol-Related Deaths Surge to Nearly 500 a Day, CDC Says

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Died of alcohol or with alcohol?

- Two thirds of the deaths (about 117,000 deaths) are due to chronic conditions that develop from long-term alcohol use, including various types of cancer, heart disease, liver disease, and alcohol use disorder.

- One third of these deaths (about 61,000 deaths) happen from drinking too much on one occasion, such as from motor vehicle crashes, poisonings involving substances in addition to alcohol, and suicides.

Re: Alcohol-Related Deaths Surge to Nearly 500 a Day, CDC Says

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this is quite an anti-drug article. Raise prices? Limit access? Research shows that even a little bit can mutate DNA..? Drinking 100 years ago was way worse and that's how we got prohibition. Hope we don't go back in that direction.

Could you share any evidence-based arguments against the evidence-based statements and recommendations summarized in the article? What fatal flaws undermine the research in the linked CDC page[1] establishing a causal link between alcohol consumption and DNA damage and increased risk of cancers of the mouth and throat, larynx, esophagus, liver, colon and rectum, and breast in women?

[1] https://blogs.cdc.gov/cancer/2018/04/02/3-weird-things-about...

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