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Excessive alcohol use is the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
The definition of heavy drinking is consuming eight drinks or more per week for women, and 15 or more for men.
Per occasion, more than three drinks for women, and more than four for men is considered heavy drinking.
Binge drinking is defined as five drinks or more for men, or four or more for women on a single occasion.
Any alcohol consumed by pregnant women is excessive use.
Alcohol is consistently associated with violent crime.
4% of the global burden of disease is attributable to alcohol.
Alcohol consumption can cause substantial harm to the health of others besides the drinker.
59.7 million persons (almost one-quarter of those surveyed) reported being binge drinkers and 17 million people reported heavy drinking.
People who begin drinking at an early age are four times more likely to develop alcoholism than those who begin drinking at or after the age of 21.
Individual differences in alcohol metabolism may put some people at greater risk for health problems.
Depending on body weight, the blood alcohol level can raise to illegal levels after only two drinks.
The majority of alcohol metabolism takes place in the liver; while with other organs contribute to alcohol metabolism as well.
Research suggests that many of the toxic effects of alcohol are due to the body's coming in contact with acetaldehyde, the carcinogenic byproduct of alcohol metabolism.
Answer:
To
The Mayor
Raiganj Municipality
Raiganj, Sirajganj.
Subject: Prayer for providing street lights.
Dear Sir,
We, the inhabitants of Ward No. 03 under your municipality, have the honour to state that there is no street light in many places of our ward. As a result, the people of this ward are suffering much. The situation turns worse after the sunset. Taking the advantage of darkness, the muggers find the liberty to snatch away the valuables of the pedestrians. Moreover, some anti-social elements gather at the turns of the roads and footpaths to take narcotics. Then they prey on passersby and snatch their money. Women and girls of this area cannot dare to go out of their houses and go along the streets after the sunset as they feel extremely unsecured.
We, therefore, pray and hope that considering the gravity of the situation, you would be kind enough to take necessary steps to provide street lights in the above mentioned ward on a priority basis and lessen the sufferings of the people.
Yours sincerely -
Foridul Islam
On behalf of the people of Raiganj Upazilla.
Raiganj, Sirajganj.