Alcohol kills many more Americans than opioids do.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports:

Alcohol is the most widely used drug in the world, including in the United States.



About 70 percent of adults in the United States report past-year alcohol consumption, with over 37 million drinkers reporting binge drinking (defined for women as four or more drinks per occasion, and five or more drinks per occasion for men) at least once a week. The prevalence of past-year drinking has increased in the past two decades, from 65.4 percent in 2001 to 2002 to 72.7 percent in 2012 to 2013.

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