Harry Guerrilla
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Considering all the talk of gun control lately, let's review the facts around alcohol and consider some further restrictions around another "death causer."
That is alcohol.
CDC figures on alcohol related deaths.
FASTSTATS - Alcohol Use
http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs349/en/index.html
I propose,
A background check system, for all alcohol purchases, supported by a fee, probably $25 per purchase.
A limit to the amount of alcohol containers, that can be purchased per day.
The limiting of alcohol percentages per volume, probably 5% or less.
What say you?
That is alcohol.
CDC figures on alcohol related deaths.
CDC said:Number of alcoholic liver disease deaths: 15,183
Number of alcohol-induced deaths, excluding accidents and homicides: 24,518
FASTSTATS - Alcohol Use
CDC said:In 2010, 10,228 people were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for nearly one-third (31%) of all traffic-related deaths in the United States.
Of the 1,210 traffic deaths among children ages 0 to 14 years in 2010, 211 (17%) involved an alcohol-impaired driver.
In 2010, over 1.4 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics.
That's one percent of the 112 million self-reported episodes of alcohol-impaired driving among U.S. adults each year.
Drugs other than alcohol (e.g., marijuana and cocaine) are involved in about 18% of motor vehicle driver deaths. These other drugs are often used in combination with alcohol.
http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html
WHO said:The harmful use of alcohol results in 2.5 million deaths each year.
320 000 young people between the age of 15 and 29 die from alcohol-related causes, resulting in 9% of all deaths in that age group.
Alcohol is the world’s third largest risk factor for disease burden; it is the leading risk factor in the Western Pacific and the Americas and the second largest in Europe.
Alcohol is associated with many serious social and developmental issues, including violence, child neglect and abuse, and absenteeism in the workplace.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs349/en/index.html
I propose,
A background check system, for all alcohol purchases, supported by a fee, probably $25 per purchase.
A limit to the amount of alcohol containers, that can be purchased per day.
The limiting of alcohol percentages per volume, probably 5% or less.
What say you?
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