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New Study in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and CASA* Report Reveal:.
Underage Drinkers, Alcoholics and Alcohol Abusers Consume Between 37.5 and 48.8 Percent of Alcohol Sold
More Than a Quarter of Underage Drinkers Meet Clinical Criteria for Alcohol Abuse or Dependence
Three Former Surgeons General, Betty Ford, Califano Call for Federal Regulation of Alcohol Industry's Advertising and Marketing Practices
NEW YORK, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Underage drinkers and adult pathological drinkers (those that meet the clinical DSM -IV criteria for alcohol abuse or addiction) consume between 37.5 percent and 48.8 percent of the value of all alcohol sold in the United States, according to an article in the May 1 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (APAM).
This groundbreaking study, The Commercial Value of Underage Drinking and Adult Abusive and Dependent Drinking to the Alcohol Industry, conducted by researchers at The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, finds that underage drinkers and adult pathological drinkers account for at least $48.3 billion and as much as $62.9 billion in alcohol sales in 2001, the last year for which the necessary data were available.
CASA's related White Paper, The Commercial Value of Underage and Pathological Drinking to the Alcohol Industry, reveals that in 2001 at least…
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