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I thought WI would have at least been in the top 5
DIR By: trollslayer
Date: June 29, 2014, 7:31 am
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> Since Colorado legalized marijuana last year, politicians and
pundits have focused intently on health and safety concerns
surrounding legal weed. But a new study from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention suggests a more imminent danger
for the state and its neighbors: alcohol.
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> According to the report, published in the journal Preventing
Chronic Disease, Colorado and other Mountain-region states have
the highest alcohol-related death rates in the country --
several points higher than the national average of one in 10
deaths.
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Re: I thought WI would have at least been in the top 5
DIR By: luvcats
Date: June 29, 2014, 12:13 pm
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I was sure that I read that at some point that WI was up there
in one study.
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Re: I thought WI would have at least been in the top 5
DIR By: rapids_60
Date: June 29, 2014, 12:29 pm
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WI ranks near the top in terms of binge drinking and other such
behaviors, but not in alcohol-related deaths. We're nowhere
near the top in DUI's per capita either.
1) Montana
2) S. Carolina
3) Mississippi
4) Wyoming
5) Lousiana
"alcohol related death" statistics aren't soley dependant on
alcohol alone either. In states like Montana it can take an
hour and a half for first responders to reach a crash scene,
compared to the national median of 20 minutes.
And some have long stretches of rural highway, whereas a more
urban area like Boston, the traffic is moving much slower,
leading to fewer fatalities.
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