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> significantly harder to get addicted to Are you sure about that? It has negatively affected millions of people in the US. "A new study published in JAMA Ps
by eternalny1 7y ago
> significantly harder to get addicted to
Are you sure about that? It has negatively affected millions of people in the US.
"A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry this month finds that the rate of alcohol use disorder, or what's colloquially known as “alcoholism,” rose by a shocking 49 percent in the first decade of the 2000s."
One in eight American adults.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2647079 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/...
- moroleth 7y agoI'm talking about typical usage in a social setting. People may drink a few beers a couple days in a week for months, or even years, and quit without any issues. Hardly the same with an equivalent "social dose" in cigarettes.