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36 Post author: gjm 10 April 2009 12:30AM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 11 April 2009 06:03:44PM *  0 points [-]

Did alcohol prohibition in the US actually fail? We have much lower levels of alcohol use, and thus presumably of alcohol abuse, in the US than in Europe. Perhaps this is the legacy of Prohibition.

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 11 April 2009 06:23:41PM 4 points [-]

If memory serves me, the US actually has a higher rate of alcohol abuse vs. use relative to most other countries. Or possibly it was a higher rate of death/injury/illness due to alcohol.

At any rate, Europeans seem to drink more than Americans do (on average), but do not suffer appreciably higher rates of alcohol-related problems.