Study Warns Of Binge-Drinking "Crisis" As Alcoholism Rates Spike 49%
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The opioid epidemic isn’t the only public-health crisis plaguing the US.
Americans are hitting the bottle harder than ever, according to a new study published by JAMA Psychiatry, posing new challenges for the US’s strained health-care system as local hospitals and first responders struggle with the spike in substance-abuse related maladies, including overdoses and alcohol poisoning that warrant urgent care.