Alcohol Tied to 75,000 Deaths a Year in U.S. - Study

And in contrast, number of deaths attributed to marijuana: 0

Alcohol Tied to 75,000 Deaths a Year in U.S. - Study ATLANTA (Reuters) - Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by an average of 30 years, a U.S. government study suggested on Thursday. [Reuters: US Domestic News]

and, in unrelated news, I've been using the public beta of ecto v.2.29 for a day or so, and can recommend it to anyone interested in a sleek, well-designed web-blog editor. Thanks, Adriaan!