alcoholism is not an easy thing to deal with, either by yourself or alongside someone you love. this brings me to another story i want to tell you about, a home for alcoholics that lets them drink and is funded by you, by me, the taxpayers. no matter what you think, it s an interesting concept for sure, and these types of places are starting to pop up more and more frequently around the country. chris welsh spent the better part of a month working on the story at one of these so-called wet houses. he joins me now from minneapolis to talk about it. chris, thanks again for being back on the show. let me ask you to start how did you get interested in this? well this was a story that sort of popped up on a local newspaper a while back. you know, we saw it and thought this could really make an interesting story to really dig deeper into. so we thought why not devote some time and really, you know, spend time at this place, this so-called wet house, see what life is like there
costs for impaired driving. excessive drinking was defined as binge or heavy drinking or any drinking by pregnant or underaged youth. alcoholism is not an easy thing to deal with, either by yourself or alongside someone you love. this brings me to another story i want to tell you about, a home for alcoholics that lets them drink and is funded by you, by me, the taxpayers. no matter what you think, it s an interesting concept for sure, and these types of places are starting to pop up more and more frequently around the country. chris welsh spent the better part of a month working on the story at one of these so-called wet houses. he joins me now from minneapolis to talk about it. chris, thanks again for being back on the show. let me ask you to start how did you get interested in this? well this was a story that sort of popped up on a local newspaper a while back. you know, we saw it and thought this could really make an interesting story to really dig deeper into. so we t
why do we still crave it every year at halloween? have you been dipping in already? we also have serious business to get to you ve seen the pink ribbons all over this month, we want to clear up misconceptions about breast cancer. first a number, this one. $1.90. that s the cost per drink of excessive drinking in the country. it adds up to about $223.5 billion burden to the u.s. government and individuals. about $746 per person. just about three quarters of those costs of excessive drinking were due to lost workplace productivity. 11% of it from health care expenses. 9% from law enforcement and other criminal justice costs. 6% for motor vehicle or crash costs for impaired driving. excessive drinking was defined as binge or heavy drinking or any drinking by pregnant or underaged youth. alcoholism is not an easy thing to deal with, either by yourself or alongside someone you love. this brings me to another story i want to tell you about, a home for alcoholics that lets them drin
sanjay gupta m.d. starts right now. happy halloween, everybody. welcome to the program. i m dr. sanjay gupta. the candy of our childhood. why do we still crave it every year at halloween? have you been dipping in already? we also have serious business to get to you ve seen the pink ribbons all over this month, we want to clear up misconceptions about breast cancer. first a number, this one. $1.90. that s the cost per drink of excessive drinking in the country. it adds up to about $223.5 billion burden to the u.s. government and individuals. about $746 per person. just about three quarters of those costs of excessive drinking were due to lost workplace productivity. 11% of it from health care expenses. 9% from law enforcement and other criminal justice costs. 6% for motor vehicle or crash costs for impaired driving. excessive drinking was defined as binge or heavy drinking or any drinking by pregnant or underaged youth. alcoholism is not an easy thing to deal with, either by