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US will no longer tell people exactly what the safe amount to drink is, report claims (www.independent.co.uk)

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Recent research has found that the number of cancer and liver disease deaths linked to alcohol use have risen in recent years

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago (6 children)

The "safe" amount is zero. The amount you "can" drink depends on the person. I am actually in favor of this because one person's "safe" level could kill the next person.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Exactly. My tolerance is crazy high, even though I rarely drink anymore. It takes like 8+ shots in quick succession to get me past being buzzed.

If my wife drank the same amount of alcohol it takes to get me drunk, she'd get alcohol poisoning. But that's probably mostly because I'm a foot taller and 60lb heavier than her.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I think this is about chronic, not acute, exposure to alcohol, i.e. developing cancer, not inebriation.

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