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The Commercial Value of Underage and Pathological Drinking to the Alcohol Industry reveals: underage drinkers, alcoholics and alcohol abusers consume between 37.5 and 48.8 percent of the value of all alcohol sold in the United States; underage drinkers and adult pathological drinkers account for at least $48.3 billion and as much as $62.9 billion in alcohol sales in 2001, the last year for which the necessary data were available; at least $22.5 billion of consumer spending on alcohol came from underage drinking and $25.8 billion came from adult pathological drinking (in 2001); and more than a quarter (25.9 percent) of underage drinkers meet clinical criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence compared with 9.6 percent of adult drinkers.
Published Date: May 2006