Alcohol abuse crisis

You've been hearing a lot about how bad the opioid crisis is but health officials say alcohol addiction is increasing at an alarming rate. In fact, heavy drinking has now become a public health crisis, according to a recent study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Researchers surveyed 40,000 Americans about their drinking habits first in 2001 and then again in 2012. They found the increases were unprecedented especially among certain groups.