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Letters by Burk

How Alcohol Quietly Wrecks Everything

Booze Is a Public Health Crisis in a Party Hat

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Burk
May 29, 2025
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Alcohol is the only drug where people look at you weird if you don’t do it.

It’s the only dangerous substance we toast with, advertise during football games, and use to celebrate everything from weddings to Wednesdays.

What if we looked at alcohol with the same cold logic we apply to other addictive substances?

What about ba…

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