Cite evidence for why alcohol use has become a major problem in the United States. What types of long-term problems can alcohol abuse cause?
What will be an ideal response?
* Alcohol contributes to 100,000 deaths each year, approximately 40 percent of all traffic deaths are alcohol related; economic costs of alcohol are estimated to be $185 billion. Thirty-seven percent of college students engaged in binge drinking in the 2 weeks before they were surveyed in one study.
* Alcohol has been associated with several forms of cancer, antisocial personality disorder, aggression, delirium tremens, and Korsakoff's syndrome.
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