[Vision2020] Alcohol called most dangerous intoxicant

[Wayne Price]

Oh Wayne!

Now that you posted that article, some of the do-gooders on city  
council will want to ban alcohol from the bars in the city so we can  
be the first (and only) "Alcohol-free" city in Idaho,
just like we are with the smoking ban!  BUT, you'll be able to drink  
out on the sidewalk, 20 feet  from the door of the bar!   Amazing that  
the city that brought up the idea of a smoking ban in
bars (Eagle Idaho) DEFEATED the idea when it came up for a city  
council vote down there!

Wayne P.










On Nov 1, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Art Deco wrote:

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> Wayne A. Fox
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> November 1, 2010
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> Alcohol called most dangerous intoxicant
>
> Study finds more damage than from cocaine, heroin
>
> Maria Cheng
> Associated Press
>
> LONDON – Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin  
> and crack cocaine, according to a new study.
>
> British experts evaluated substances including alcohol, cocaine,  
> heroin, Ecstasy and marijuana, ranking them based on how destructive  
> they are to the individual who takes them and to society as a whole.
>
> Researchers analyzed how addictive a drug is and how it harms the  
> human body, in addition to other criteria like environmental damage  
> caused by the drug, its role in breaking up families and its  
> economic costs, such as health care, social services, and prison.
>
> Heroin, crack cocaine and methamphetamine, or crystal meth, were the  
> most lethal to individuals. When considering their wider social  
> effects, alcohol, heroin and crack cocaine were the deadliest. But  
> overall, alcohol outranked all other substances, followed by heroin  
> and crack cocaine. Marijuana, ecstasy and LSD scored far lower.
>
> The study was paid for by Britain’s Centre for Crime and Justice  
> Studies and was published online today in the medical journal, Lancet.
>
> Experts said alcohol scored so high because it is so widely used and  
> has devastating consequences not only for drinkers but for those  
> around them.
>
> “Just think about what happens (with alcohol) at every football  
> game,” said Wim van den Brink, a professor of psychiatry and  
> addiction at the University of Amsterdam. He was not linked to the  
> study and co-authored a commentary in the Lancet.
>
> When drunk in excess, alcohol damages nearly all organ systems. It  
> is also connected to higher death rates and is involved in a greater  
> percentage of crime than most other drugs, including heroin.
>
> But experts said it would be impractical and incorrect to outlaw  
> alcohol.
>
> “We cannot return to the days of prohibition,” said Leslie King, an  
> adviser to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and one of the  
> study’s authors. “Alcohol is too embedded in our culture and it  
> won’t go away.”
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