Homeless, unemployed favor malt liquor

Study: Homeless, unemployed favor malt liquor

Ricky Bluthenthal, who led the study, said malt liquors were both higher in alcohol than other beers and tended to be sold in larger containers.

“We found that the combination of these differences resulted in the average malt liquor drinker in our study consuming 80 percent more alcohol per drink than the average regular beer drinker,” he said in a statement.

And, Bluthenthal said, the more alcohol consumed, the worse the consequences for both the drinker and his or her community.

Writing in the March issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, Bluthenthal’s team said they found malt liquor drinkers were more likely to be homeless, unemployed, receive public assistance, and tended to drink more alcohol than other drinkers.

No kidding…I find it strange that they had todo a study on this to figure this out…come on now.

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2 Responses to “Homeless, unemployed favor malt liquor”

Geoff | March 18th, 2005 at 10:20 pm |

I can only speak for myself, but I wouldn’t have minded running or even just taking part in that study

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Mary | March 19th, 2005 at 6:16 am |

Right, Geoff, but doesn’t that study sort of confirm the rather obvious?

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