According to big alcohol: your life is worth $300,000

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According to the CDC:

Excessive alcohol use is responsible for more than 95,000 deaths in the United States each year, or 261 deaths per day.

And according to DISCUS:

[distilled spirits] supplier sales in the U.S. were up 5.3% in 2019, increasing by $1.5 billion, to a new record of $29 billion.

That's $305,263.16 per death — or $300,000 for those of you who want so'm easy to remember. These people are literally merchants of death.

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[–]beece 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Wut chu sayin? Can I keep drinking bourbon?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

If you want to hurt yourself, others, and society at large.

[–]beece 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I drank every Sunday for many years with my mother. Sadly, the drinking caught up to her. She was just a few months shy of 99 years old.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm surprised she lived that long. Drinking that much should destroy your liver.

[–]beece 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

But you don't know how much she drank.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I thought that might be a factor — but regardless, drinking every week is sure to be bad for your liver.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe I'll write an essay about this some time.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Merchants, you say?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronfman_family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXIVM