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500,000 American deaths a year are attributed to cigarette, alcohol and drug use.

500000 deaths · American deaths study, released last month

2: Pharmacologist DR. AVRAM GOLDSTEIN. He set up some of the first methodone clinics to treat heroin addiction in California, and has a new book "Addiction: From Biology to Drug Policy" (Freeman). GOLDSTEIN argues that addictions are diseases, and must be considered a public health problem. A study released last month may back him up: 500,000 American deaths a year are attributed to cigarette, alcohol and drug use.

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