The United States director of National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is considering lowing the recommended number of alcoholic drinks for Americans, and looking to Canada for guidance.  How much alcohol are we really drinking?  Is our consumption of alcohol something that needs to be monitored and concerned with at a larger level?  Or should we take more immediate care of what we are consuming on a more broad basis?

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