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> Alcohol [has] minimal short term health risks. What on earth are you talking about? Alcohol can kill you in a single evening if you drink enough of it. How m

• Retric 2y ago
  Risk is severity of harm * probably of harm. Of the ~3 million Americans that tried Alcohol for the first time in 2023 how many exactly died from an overdose that night? That’s what low risk looks like.
  • nathan_douglas 2y ago
    According to the CDC, it seems about 6 people die per day of alcohol poisoning, or ~2,191 per year, so about .07%. Nearly 3/4 are men, which doesn't particularly surprise me, but what does surprise me is that the average age was 49 years, and only 5% were aged 18-24. I would've expected the numbers to be shifted left far more than that. Also interesting was that the overwhelming majority (71%) had a long history of alcohol use problems. In 58%, death was attributed solely to acute alcohol toxicity, but in 42% there was an underlying disease present as well. Huh.
    • Retric 2y ago
      ~3 million is number of first time drinkers not the total number of people drinking alcohol in the US. ~180 million people drink alcohol one or more times a year so 2,191 per year is ~0.0012% per year. The risk on the first time they consumed alcohol is probably 1/100th of that due to younger ages etc.
• whatevaa 2y ago
  You can die from water if you drink enough of it. Some people actually did.
  • arrowsmith 2y ago
    Yes, you're very clever, congratulations.