Alcohol Abuse Issues

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The paper discusses disturbing statistics on alcohol consumption and on its harmful effects, including deaths, cancer, cardiovascular disease, liver disease as well as neurological damage and psychological / psychiatric issues. The paper looks at research on the early abuse of alcohol and how it affects youth, specifically on young Native-Americans. The paper reveals that men involved in physical labor jobs who have been treated for substance abuse have nearly double the risk of sustaining a serious injury while at work. The paper also examines studies on children raised in families where alcohol and violence is the norm.

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"According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), "Excessive alcohol consumption" is the third leading cause of "preventable death" in the United States. Over a typical thirty-day period in the U.S., the CDC reports that (www.thecommunityguide.org/alcohol/default.htm) "over half" of the American adult population drinks some alcohol; about 5 percent of the total population "drinks heavily"; and about 15 percent of the U.S. population engages in "binge drinking."
"The CDC also reports that "excessive drinking" isn't necessarily always connected with many drinks per person; in fact, since some people are very sensitive to the effects of alcohol on the body, excessive drinking can be as little at "two drinks per day on average for men" or more than one drink per day for women. And "binge drinking" is technically the consumption of more than four drinks "during a single occasion" for men and more than three drinks "during a single occasion" for women."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Centers for Disease Control (2007). Excessive Alcohol Consumption. Retrieved Nov. 23,2007, from http://www.thecommunityguide.org/alcohol/default.html.
• Fuller, Thomas. (2007). "Wine hath drowned more men than the sea." Notable Quotes.Retrieved Nov. 22, 2007, from http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/alcoholism_quotes.html.
• Harvard Mental Health Letter. (2007). Treatment Rates for Alcohol Abuse and DependenceRemain Low. Retrieved Nov. 23, 2007, from http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters.
• Hutchison, Ira W. (1999). The Effect of Children's Presence on Alcohol Use by Spouse AbusersAnd Their Victims. Family Relations, 48(1), 57-65.
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2006). Healthy YouthHealth Topics Alcohol & Drug Use. Retrieved Nov. 23, 2007, fromhttp://www.cdc.gov/healthyYouth/alcoholdrug/index.htm.

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