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cocaine, is an illegal drug — during the past decade, they still use alcohol at disturbingly high rates: in 1988, 92 percent had tried alcohol, nearly two-thirds were current drinkers and more than one-third were occasional heavy drinkers.
• Nearly half of all deaths from motor vehicle crashes are related to alcohol. It has been estimated that the risk of a fatal crash per mile driven is at least eight times higher for a drunk driver (and the person he hits) than a sober one.
• It is estimated that 25 percent of all hospitalized personals have alcohol-related problems.
• Fetal exposure to alcohol is one of the leading known causes of mental retardation in the western world; treatment costs associated with such exposure total nearly one-third of a billion dollars annually.
• The damaging effects to offspring of maternal drinking during pregnancy are longlasting. Although a follow-up study of fetal alcohol syndrome cases showed some im
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