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Statement re:	"Alcohol Consumption and Mortality Among Middle-Aged and Elderly US Adults" (New England Journal of Medicine, 12/11/97)
Attribute to:	Max A. Schneider, MD Deputy Chair, NCADD Board of Directors
This study on the benefits of alcohol specifically shows the restricted benefit of one alcoholic drink daily in middle-aged and older Americans. It also outlines the dangers of alcohol by showing an increase in the death rates of people who consume more than the one drink daily. For younger Americans and people who have a history of alcoholism in their family, drinking remains a high-risk activity. For alcoholics, abstinence is still the only prescription for good health. The article also reminds us of the great dangers of smoking tobacco. 12/97

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