Alcohol Abuse in the U.S. Blogger: 3

   Alcohol abuse may becoming a bigger deal than society in the United States wants to believe. Though it is "legal" there are many draw backs to the harmful drug

The amount of alcohol that is consumed in 2013 was 86.8 percent of people ages 18 and older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime. 70.7 percent reported that they drank in the past year. 56.4 percent reported that they consumed alcohol in the last month. Now we transition to the amount of alcohol-related deaths. Nearly 88,000 people (approximately 62,00 men and 26,000 women) die from alcohol- related causes annually, making it the third leading preventable cause of deaths in the United States. In 2013 alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 10,076 deaths (30.8 percent of overall driving fatalities.) The sad thing about these numbers, is that it could all be avoided. Kids today are starting to drink younger and its only going to make these numbers unfortunately increase.

The reason I chose to write about this article, is that I've seen first hand what alcohol can do to a person. The scary thing is that people are starting to drink just to be socially acceptable and don't think about the dangers that they put themselves and others in. In my opinion, i think there needs to be something done about it. 

Genre: Informitive, Web Article, 

Topics: Alcoholism, stats, Drunk Driving, abuse, Kids, school, society, social

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