Alcohol consumption, in particular excessive alcohol consumption, imposes high costs on societies through consequences, such as lost productivity, early mortality, health-care costs, car accidents and crime.
Neysla áfengis, einkum óhófleg neysla áfengis, er samfélögum kostnaðarsamt vandamál vegna afleiðinga eins og ótímabærra andláta, skertrar framleiðni, aukins heilbrigðiskostnaðar, bílslysa og glæpa.