Alcohol and crime
Alcohol linked to 75,000 U.S. deaths a year
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6089353/ns/health-addictions/t/alcohol-linked-us-deaths-year/#.UYi8YEr4KSo
Nearly 13,000 people are killed each year on U.S. roadways in alcohol-related accidents
Hundreds of thousands more are injured
Alcohol-related crashes cost American taxpayers over $100 billion
Nearly 1.4 million people are arrested for a DWI each year and 780,000 are convicted
Of those convicted, one-third are sentenced to community corrections
Two-thirds of those sentenced to incarceration are repeat offenders
Alcohol Misuse and Other Crimes
In 2008, the Pew Center on the States reported that an astounding one in every 100 adults in the U.S. was behind bars. While drunk driving gets the most attention, the incidence of other alcohol-involved crimes including domestic violence, underage drinking, and assault has reached staggering proportions.
Research surveys have found that:
5.3 million adults ? 36% of those under correctional supervision at the time ? were drinking at the time of their conviction offense
40% of state prisoners convicted of violent crimes were under the influence of alcohol at the time of their offense ? the more violent the crime, the greater the likelihood that alcohol was involved
25% of state prisoners given a standard questionnaire to screen for alcoholism tested positive
http://www.alcoholandcrime.org/npamc/issues/alcohol-and-crime/
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People who drink but like to pontificate about the evils of pot are about the funniest/dumbest/most hypocritical people in the world.
Alcohol is a very dangerous drug. Sadly it's cheap and available everywhere (often more so than healthy food) and drinking is encouraged throughout society in so many ways.
I await a news story about how someone died from pot. All the stories I read about the positives from pot are getting monotonous. 
Julie
But it sure seems every time I got in trouble, I was drinking.
