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In raw numbers (so this is not a probability), half as many as alcohol. https://www.caron.org/blog/2019/05/alcohol-is-killing-more-people-than-the-opioid-epide
by OnlineGladiator 7y ago
In raw numbers (so this is not a probability), half as many as alcohol.
https://www.caron.org/blog/2019/05/alcohol-is-killing-more-people-than-the-opioid-epidemic https://www.caron.org/blog/2019/05/alcohol-is-killing-more-p...
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- mattigames 7y agoAny serious research to back that up? But even then I have to ask so what? What does that have to do with anything? I never claimed that alcohol isn't killing people or that this is a problem that must reduce attention to other problems
- OnlineGladiator 7y agoMy source cites numbers for opioid and and alcohol deaths according to the Center for Disease Control. Anchoring opioid deaths against alcohol provides a frame of reference for many people, since alcohol is so ubiquitous in human culture. I tried googling for the odds of becoming addicted to those substances and couldn't readily find anything for either. Hopefully someone else sees this and can shed some light, because it would be interesting to me as well.
- mattigames 7y agoCalculating long-term effects is a lot harder and ambiguous than thing easy to measure like ODs, for example that post includes cardiovascular diseases and cancer but did they compare how many drink alcohol and exercise vs those who don't? And afterwards compare people that don't exercise vs people that drink alcohol and exercise, and people that exercise that never drink alcohol vs people who exercise that drink it each weekend? Are there differences between people that drink pure alcohols (Vodka, Whisky) vs non-pure ones (beer), and also how much is enough drinking to notice those negative symptoms, once a year? once a month?