Young adults are drinking themselves to death by causing irreversible damage to their livers, a new study has found.
Researchers say that deaths due to cirrhosis - or damage that leads to scarring of the liver or liver failure - increased across the US by 65 percent since 1999.
The team, from the University of Michigan Medicine, were shocked to find that the biggest increase was among 25-to-34-year-olds, rising 10 percent every year - an overall 240 percent increase.
They admitted their findings are way beyond what they expected and are calling upon lawmakers to implement policy changes - such as rising the minimum price ofalcohol - that might help drive down the staggering number.
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6 comments:
Saint Trayvon Martin was 17 when he died. His autopsy report showed not only significant liver disease but also brain deterioration. This due to his use of the drug cocktail called Lean.
Thin the herd.
Yes the one LEGAL drug causes an extreme amount of damage. How many marijuana deaths/damage have you seen or heard about?
How often do you hear about cannabis containing 10X the level of carcinogens present in tobacco 1:26? No warning labels either.
3:09 PM - your gross exaggeration is noted.
Check out "Cannabis and tobacco smoke are not equally carcinogenic", and even more current studies.
Then show us the direct links between cannabis and specific cancers.
3:09 is pure stupid.
Marijuana is a plant that can be pulled up, dried out and smoked. No chemicals or additives necessary.
Tobacco companies put HUNDREDS of chemicals in their product and it is the ONLY consumable that Congress has exempted from having to list the ingredients. Thank you "leaders" who are charged with protecting you.
Cigarettes and alcohol KILL a MILLION Americans each year.
Wait! Over there! Look! Look!!
There is some marijuana!!
And you dummies keep falling for it.
The 10 to 20 times stronger BS is exactly that.
NO MARIJUANA on the planet can make you see something that isn't there, here voices, see strange colors or trails, or cause you to become a violent killer.
Man.
Some of you probably still think it can turn you into a werewolf, too.
It's better just to be quiet than let people know just how uninformed/stupid you really are.
I had a DOCTOR tell me that taking one percoset and smoking a joint could actually KILL me. It's in official government literature.
Until they stop saying stupid sh*t like THAT (there isn't a SINGLE case of that in any medical journal), they have no credibility.
3:09, I just signed you up for the dumbace of the month club.
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