Jacob Sullum on Uncle Sam’s Drinking Game

Does your doctor nag you about your drinking? The
federal government wishes he would. Jacob Sullum writes that in
January the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted
with alarm that most Americans say they have never discussed
alcohol consumption with a health professional. Physicians’
reluctance to broach the subject is especially troubling, the CDC
said, because “at least 38 million adults in the U.S. drink too
much.”

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