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Alcohol's health benefits hard to prove, but harms are easy to document

  • Written by Christina Mair, Assistant professor, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Alcohol's health benefits hard to prove, but harms are easy to documentAlcohol is part of American life, but its health risks may be underplayed.graphic.mooi/shutterstock.com

Alcohol is the most widely used drug in the world, including in the United States.

About 70 percent of adults in the United States report past-year alcohol consumption, with over 37 million drinkers reporting binge drinking (defined for women as...

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