Re:Is it time to treat sugar like smoking?
by eternalny1 on Sunday June 09, 2019 @02:34PM
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> significantly harder to get addicted to
Are you sure about that? It has negatively affected millions of people in the US.
"A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry this month finds that the rate of alcohol use disorder, or what's colloquially known as “alcoholism,” rose by a shocking 49 percent in the first decade of the 2000s."
Re:Is it time to treat sugar like smoking?
by moroleth on Sunday June 09, 2019 @02:48PM
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I'm talking about typical usage in a social setting. People may drink a few beers a couple days in a week for months, or even years, and quit without any issues. Hardly the same with an equivalent "social dose" in cigarettes.
Are you sure about that? It has negatively affected millions of people in the US.
"A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry this month finds that the rate of alcohol use disorder, or what's colloquially known as “alcoholism,” rose by a shocking 49 percent in the first decade of the 2000s."
One in eight American adults.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/...