This Is Us On Alcohol As A Drug

With 70% of the population of drinking on the regular, it's easy to forget that alcohol's a drug.

Steph and Sarah talk about the way people often view alcohol as separate to other drugs and how its ready availability means it's the most used drug in the US where Steph lives and in Sarah's homeland of Australia, too.

Alcohol is in the top 5 of most addictive drugs. It kills more people than all other drugs combined according to addictioncenter.com.

The episode delves into the role alcohol plays in society and culture and the impact it has on health - both mental and physical. But it's not all bad news, young people are getting wise to the booze's bulls&#t and bringing down national drinking averages across the globe.

Steph's post '7 Ways to Say No to Alcohol'

Other sources:

• Why are young people drinking less than their parents’ generation did? (The Conversation)

• Global burden of cancer in 2020 attributable to alcohol consumption: a population-based study (The Lancet)

• Every alcohol drink increases your risk of cancer (Alcohol & Drug Foundation)

• Number of Australians drinking wine, spirits and RTDs up significantly in 2021 while beer drinking holds steady (Roy Morgan)

• https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/03/risky-levels-australia-is-the-drunkest-country-in-the-world-new-survey-finds (The Guardian)