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I'd argue that small amounts of alcohol facilitate relaxation and socialization, which probably saves a lot more lives from preventing homicide and suicide than
by CuriouslyC 2y ago
I'd argue that small amounts of alcohol facilitate relaxation and socialization, which probably saves a lot more lives from preventing homicide and suicide than it costs in cancer and liver disease.
- polar8 2y agoAfter socialization comes drunk driving which alone kills a quarter million people annually.
- scrollaway 2y agoIt's deeply fascinating to many europeans living in cities that one would need to drive to go to a bar. My closest bar is 100 meters away. If I'm willing to walk 20 minutes, the radius can probably hit around 100 different ones.
- polar8 2y agoI’m European and live in a city. There are still plenty of drunk driving fatalities here.
- CuriouslyC 2y agoThat's why I specified a small amount, there's a strong inverted U curve for alcohol for sure.
- jpc0 2y agoHere the legal limit is approximately 2 440ml cans or a draft of beer. If you are drinking more than that across an evening I would argue it's a bit more than socialising. Maybe where you are from people are heavy drinkers and are not responsible enough to not slow down a fee hours before you know you will be driving but I feel like the quarter a million annually is quite overrepresented by heavy drinkers.
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