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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 07:40 AM Original message |
Alcohol 'as harmful as smoking' |
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pnutchuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. Let's not give them any reason to reinitiate prohibition.... |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 07:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Long way to go before that |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. The alcohol industry pays a lot of money to Campaigns to prevent marijuana |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Yeah, so does that make alcohol prohibition a good idea? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's really depressing news... |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. That is it ...... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yeah... |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. And Global Warming, and Mercury in fish, and polluted water, and "mad" cow |
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KarenS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. BUT,,,, there is another study,,,,, |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. Alcohol use or the abuse of alcohol? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 08:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Precisely. THANK YOU for saying this. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. no shit |
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MemphisTiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
10. This article seems to mean "abuse" of alcohol |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 09:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Any smoking is excessive and i was a 'moderate' alcoholic for 30 years..IT |
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MemphisTiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 09:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I am sorry for the way that alcohol has messed up your life |
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TruthBeTold22 (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. My Rights |
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spunky (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Generalizations don't work that easily |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. You're right, spunky |
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MemphisTiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I'm the same way with potato chips rather than chocolate |
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spunky (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:53 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Oh my god, me too. |
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pnutchuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. Just because you're an addict, doesn't mean the rest of the world are |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. Alcohol is the 4th major health hazard in the USA, 1 in 8 addicted on |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 09:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Please show us the peer-reviewed, valid research to back up your claims. |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. Cigarettes are NEVER safe, Alcohol is only bad if ABUSED |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. Exactly |
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pnutchuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. I've lived in countries where people have smoked since childhood |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. Abuse of alcohol may indeed play a role this big. |
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fshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
18. Alcohol is a des-inhibitor. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:35 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. "What you do when youre drunk reveals your problem", usually Alcoholism !! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Actually, the vast majority of people who have been drunk in their lives.. |
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fshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
51. You're making some cocktail! |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
19. And Bushit is more harmful than the two of them put together! |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
20. And our president was a drunk for 25 years! |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
21. Every year it is the same thing. First they tell us a drink or two |
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Boswells_Johnson (526 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Yeah, and it's the same thing with food: eating X helps prevent cancer |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. This has far more to do with how the press covers research. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I agree - it's an MSM problem, not a science problem n/t |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
22. Did Someone Get Paid To Reach This Conclusion? |
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MadisonProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
23. If Guns don't kill, then neither does alcohol |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
25. Let's not forget "Second-Hand Alcohol" Victims - |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. They're included in this study. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 12:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. But in reality... |
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wovenpaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
31. As a first hand observer of the damage alcohol can cause |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. I come from a family of alcoholics.... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. There are countries that prohibit alcohol |
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Roaming (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
43. Moderation is the key; heck, even the Bible has many, many |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. And yet, MARIJUANA is illegal while alcohol is not. |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
45. No, duh.. |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. Oh no! |
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fedsron2us (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
49. I wonder how many people get rubbed out each year due to |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 07:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Yeah, those bloody doctors. They don't give a rip about their patients! |
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