WHO: Alcohol kills more than AIDS, TB or violence

[Rage for Order]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110211/hl_nm/us_alcohol

Alcohol causes nearly 4 percent of deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organization warned on Friday.

Rising incomes have triggered more drinking in heavily populated countries in Africa and Asia, including India and South Africa, and binge drinking is a problem in many developed countries, the United Nations agency said.

Yet alcohol control policies are weak and remain a low priority for most governments despite drinking's heavy toll on society from road accidents, violence, disease, child neglect and job absenteeism, it said.

Approximately 2.5 million people die each year from alcohol related causes, the WHO said in its "Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health."

Alcohol producers including Diageo and Anheuser Busch InBev have said they recognize the importance of industry self-regulation to address alcohol abuse and promote curbs on drunk drinking and illegal underage drinking.

But the brewer SABMiller has warned that policy measures like minimum pricing and high excise taxes on alcohol could cause more public health harm than good by leading more people to drink homemade or illegally produced alcohol.


more at the link

I think it's past time that we considered some serious restrictions on public alcohol consumption, similar to smoking bans. Also, regarding the last paragraph that I put in bold, would SABMiller agree with this statement if the subject was drugs instead of alcohol?

[otohara]

1. K&R

[RegieRocker]

2. More than Marijuana?

LOL you have to be joking?

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[tabatha]

3. The SAB in SABMiller

stands for South African Breweries. They did well in South Africa, where drinking can be heavy across all population groups.

Before there was SAB, there was home brewing. In fact, one of their brews was based on a homemade African maize recipe, so that they could make and sell what small shebeens made themselves. (United National Breweries amongst others, produces Johannesburg beer, and the popular, if stigmatized, Chibuku beer is popular throughout Southern African countries partly owned and managed by subsidiary companies of SABMiller PLC operating in Botswana,Zambia,Malawi and Zimbabwe.)

Brewer accused of depriving poor countries of millions in revenue
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/nov/29/sabmiller-india-africa-actionaid-report

[The Straight Story]

4. Tax it, don't hire people who drink it, ban it in bars, and then move on to cheeseburgers

Cause that sort of action will have a few fans here on DU who want to save money over freedom and want to save your sinning soul from hell.

[bobbolink]

6. .

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[demosincebirth]

5. How about tobacco?