About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment

"Our society has opted for enough escape mechanisms already--liquor, caffeine, and cigarettes," says Dr. Donald Louria of New York's Cornell Medical College. "Why not let everyone have two barbiturates a day or two amphetamines? You have to draw the line." "We pay a pretty frightening price for the privilege of using alcohol legally," says a member of the American Medical Association's Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency. "Seventy or 80 million people use it and 5 or 6 million cannot use it but abuse it."