Worldwide 3.3 million deaths in 2012 were caused by harmful use of alcohol

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Worldwide, 3.3 million deaths in 2012 were due to harmful use of alcohol, says a new report launched by the World Health Organization (WHO). Alcohol consumption can not only lead to dependence but also increases people’s risk of developing more than 200 diseases including liver cirrhosis and some cancers. In addition, harmful drinking can lead to violence and injuries. Read full article

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BOTINHO
Oi Stevie -

Clearly well intended, but this post is not for you Amigo.
May 17th, 2014 - 09:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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DennisA
More unsupportable mortality statistics from WHO. The way things work these days, any suggestion that you may have drunk alcohol at some point in your life, will then label any condition you may have or even your demise, as “alcohol related”.

That does not mean to say that I do not take conditions like alcoholism seriously, simply that these fantastical numbers are produced out of thin air to support the latestest campaigns to control our behaviour.
May 17th, 2014 - 12:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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golfcronie
Does that mean I have to stop drinking my 1/2 litre bottle of gin per night?
May 17th, 2014 - 02:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
Nah, just modify the habit.

Giving up the Tonic sounds good to me.
May 17th, 2014 - 03:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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golfcronie
Nah, I shall give up the ice.
May 17th, 2014 - 06:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
I don't believe the number, it has to be more than that.

They are probably frightened by all the alcoholics demanding proof of the damage that alcohol does to them and their families, as if they didn't know.
May 17th, 2014 - 07:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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The_Truth_shall_B_Trolld
Why are the Euros, specially the northern ones, so helplessly alcoholic? What a low class and lack of education >>burp
May 17th, 2014 - 09:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Boovis
A lack of education in Northern Europe? Are you serious?

Your idiocy aside, it's not that we don't know about the problems, it's just that we don't care.
May 18th, 2014 - 04:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
Why aren't there any statistics for smashing latams over the head with the bottle?
May 18th, 2014 - 08:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Clyde15
#7
Aren't you the one who said some months ago, that the vacation time was coming and that you would be consuming a couple of bottles of Merlot in an evening. If I remember correctly I said if YOU consumed wine like that, YOU were an alcoholic.
May 18th, 2014 - 10:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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golfcronie
@10
Quite a few Argies have selective memory or dementia
May 18th, 2014 - 12:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
@7

Why are indigious Latin Americans walking around with lime gourds full of cocaine, 24x7x365?
May 18th, 2014 - 03:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@ 12 reality check

NO! It's a Mayan football, surely? :o)
May 18th, 2014 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Clyde15
#10
Correction, maybe it was Malbec, I can't tell the difference.
May 18th, 2014 - 08:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
Well whatever it was, in the documentary I saw, they all looked like they had been heading it for to long!

Jeez, the entire male population were out of their heads and looked like they had been like it for years.

I'm poor, I'm hungry, I'm oppressed. Who gives acfuck, just poke your stick in here and rub it round your gums.

Jeez, I'm all for culture, but on this planet!
May 18th, 2014 - 08:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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