Dreamwalker. Posted January 15, 2014 Alcohol consumption is a necessary cause of nearly 80,000 deaths per year in the Americas.....................Liver disease was the main culprit in most countries. and they say OTHER drugs are bad http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-01-alcohol-consumption-deaths-year-americas.html Explore further: Study shows alcohol consumption is a leading preventable cause of cancer death in the US More information: Gawryszewski VP and Monteiro MG. Mortality from diseases, conditions, and injuries where alcohol is a necessary cause in the Americas, 2007-2009. Addiction, 109: DOI: 10.1111/add.12418 Journal reference: Addiction Provided by Wiley 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-RC- Posted January 15, 2014 Don't get me started on this. My whole website is devoted to the comparison of harms caused by alcohol when compared to those by cannabis. This article is pretty pertinent to this issue, imo. http://www.responsiblechoice.com.au/uncategorized/alcohol-is-lethal/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtarman Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) Why is it a necessary cause? EDIT: maybe overpopulation. Still seems a bit harsh but. Edited January 15, 2014 by gtarman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted January 15, 2014 Necessary cause to the death, so they wouldn't have died during that time period without the impact of alcohol. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtarman Posted January 16, 2014 Ohh. Silly wording that is, sounds like a bureaucrat came up with it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anodyne Posted January 16, 2014 (edited) Why is it a necessary cause? "Necessary" in this context is used in the necessary vs. sufficient sense. If drinking alcohol were a "sufficient" condition here, then everyone who drank would be dead. To say that drinking was a necessary condition for their deaths just means that the deaths would not have occurred (in that time) without it, i.e. alcohol was "necessary" for those people to have died. Er.. so what Ceres said. Oh, and I think it was probably philosophers who came up with those terms, damned bureaucrats-of-the-mind. Edited January 16, 2014 by Anodyne 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted January 16, 2014 Don't get me started on this. My whole website is devoted to the comparison of harms caused by alcohol when compared to those by cannabis. This article is pretty pertinent to this issue, imo. http://www.responsiblechoice.com.au/uncategorized/alcohol-is-lethal/ good web s. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZS Posted January 27, 2015 http://www.sg.unimaas.nl/_OLD/oudelezingen/dddsd.pdf 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) . Edited January 27, 2015 by Dreamwalker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C_T Posted January 30, 2015 i don't believe it, serious! i just don't believe the figures. So how many people are dying every year from obesity? millions? nothing compared to 80k... what i see in hospitals, in the general public, alcohol is nothing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wert Posted January 31, 2015 Probably more people die from heat exaustion. But dont fret over global warming thats just scientific gas-bagging. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted February 1, 2015 United States ended 2013 with a population of 316,128,839 people Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gimli Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) United States ended 2013 with a population of 316,128,839 people What was the population count at the start of 2013? *313,873,685 at end of 2012. Not much of a climb, seems to be slowing.. Edited February 1, 2015 by Gimli Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr b.caapi Posted February 1, 2015 The liver is evil and must be punished !!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted February 1, 2015 What was the population count at the start of 2013? *313,873,685 at end of 2012. Not much of a climb, seems to be slowing.. 313,873,685 + 80.000 = Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
