Excessive alcohol consumption is the leading cause of preventable deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives, according to a
report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and the Indian Health Service. The report, the first of its kind, says that alcohol-related deaths account for 11.7 percent of all deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives – nearly twice that of the general population.
“These findings underscore the importance of implementing effective population-based interventions to prevent excessive alcohol consumption and to reduce alcohol-attributable morbidity and mortality among AI/ANs,” researchers concluded.
Attention all Native Americans(no matter what tribe you're from) we have all heard, since the inception of alcohol, how alcoholism effects the native community. The damage is done for the older generation but our kids need to be versed and taught that reverting to alcohol or any controlled substance is not commendable. Parents, Teachers and tribal governments need to act now for the future is now!!! The problem will not go away.
ReplyDeleteI commend those Native women from the 60's who brought up their children alcohol free. Today they are stable individuals.
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