It’s interesting how much money we shell out to prevent the flu (kills 60,000/year) when excessive alcohol use kills far more people at 140,000 deaths/year. And that probably doesn’t even include alcohol-related suicide deaths or death caused by alcohol-induced cirrhosis/encephalopathy/gastrointestinal bleeding/car accidents/homicidal violence. I’m not anti-alcohol…it’s just interesting how policy makers pick and choose which problems are worth spending money on.