Alcohol in American Culture

Alcohol in American Culture

An estimated 14 million Americans are alcoholics. Many have recovered and rebuilt their lives with the help and support of family, friends, and 12-step or other types of programs. But treatment advocates, recovered alcoholics, and law...

An estimated 14 million Americans are alcoholics. Many have recovered and rebuilt their lives with the help and support of family, friends, and 12-step or other types of programs. But treatment advocates, recovered alcoholics, and law enforcement professionals say that alcoholism isn't just an individual crisis, nor even a family crisis, but a societal crisis. A panel talks about the place of alcohol in American culture and society.

Guests

Stacia Murphy

president of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence; in recovery from alcoholism since 1976

Mathea Falco

Drug Strategies

Dr. Morris Chafetz

president of the Health Education Foundation and former director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

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