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To: epicure who wrote (8268)	1/3/2006 3:42:10 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541403

Some excellent info on this site from the UofTexas......Some new and current info as well. utexas.edu 8888888 from an American Bar Association site: abanet.org chemcases.com chemcases.com Alcohol Addiction in America "Approximately 14 million Americans (7.4%) of the population meet the diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse or alcoholism. More than one-half of American adults have a close family member who has or has had alcoholism Approximately one in four children younger than 18 years old in the United States is exposed to alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence in the family. The estimated economic cost of alcohol abuse was $184.6 billion for 1998 alone, or roughly $638 for every man, woman, and child living in the United States that year These statements comprise part of the beginning of the first Chapter of the 10th Special report to the U.S. Congress on Alcohol and Health (2000). Unfortunately they dramatically illustrate the deleterious side of ethanol use and abuse. Fortunately, most people who drink do so safely. It is only a minority who consumes alcohol heavily and produces the dramatic impact on self, family, friends and the community.