Human beings tend to be pretty intelligent critters. With this in mind, it is easy to see why this woman would not only come to realize the dangers associated with alcohol consumption, but to have the sense to back out and speak up.

20,000,000 consumers of alcohol die from this each year world wide. 20 million! The 2 most dangerous substances sold for human consumption are available over the counter in America: alcohol and tobacco. A third group of toxic substances sold for human consumption, fatty, processed foods, are totally unregulated, even by age.

The numbers mean that lots of folks are going to die no matter what policy we pursue. The good news is that we can make a difference in the numbers of life ending or altering events because we have new policies being developed and tested that are showing results after a long number of years. Harm reduction policy such as enacted by Portugal at the turn of the last century is showing promising results. 

Merry Christmas: Happy Holidays