Researchers Say NO Amount Of Alcohol Is Safe So RIP Your Friday Plans

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If you’ve upset by the Liberal Party’s shenanigans, we’ve got something a whole lot worse to tell you:

Researchers have found NO amount of alcohol is safe.

Sorry what?

Alcohol is associated in nearly one in ten tenths in people aged 15-49 – according to the study, which was published in the Lancet medical journal.

While alcohol does offer some protection against coronary-artery disease in women, the other risks offset the positives.

The researchers said alcohol was a “colossal global health issue”.

The main causes of alcohol-related deaths in the 15-to-49 age group were tuberculosis, road injuries and self-harm, the study found. For the over 50s the leading alcohol-related cause of death was cancer.

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24 August 2018




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