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Essay Galaxy - Treatments of Alcoholism
Treatments of Alcoholism
Alcoholism can destroy the life of an alcoholic and devastate the alcoholic's
family. But it also has overwhelming consequences for society. Consider these
statistics from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence:
*In 1988, alcoholism and problems related to it cost the United States
an estimated $85.8 billion in mortality and reduced productivity;
*Fetal alcohol syndrome, caused by a woman's drinking during pregnancy, afflicts
five thousand infants a year; it costs about $1.4 billion annually to treat the
infants, children and adults afflicted with FAS;
*More than twenty thousand people die annually in alcohol related car accidents.
(Institute of Medicine, 1989)
Clearly alcoholism harms society in numerous ways and it is in society's
best interest to find effective treatments for alcoholics.
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