The harmful use of alcohol has been linked to many negative health outcomes, and millions of deaths per year.[2,3] In addition to negative effects on the individual, harmful alcohol use can result in harms to the individual’s family and friends, and to wider society, constituting a wider social and economic burden.[5]
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[1] World Health Organization (WHO). Alcohol factsheet. Available at: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/alcohol. Accessed November 2021.
[2] GBD 2016 Alcohol Collaborators. Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet 2018a; 392 (10152): 1015–1035.
[3] GBD 2016 Alcohol and Drug Use Collaborators. The global burden of disease attributable to alcohol and drug use in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet Psychiatry 2018b; 5 (12): 987–1012.
[4] Gore FM, Bloem PJN, Patton GC, et al. Global burden of disease in young people aged 10–24 years: a systematic analysis. Lancet 2011; 377 (9783): 2093–2102.
[5] World Health Organization. Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018. World Health Organization, 2018.
