The nation's top cancer doctors are asking people to drink less in an unprecedented warning
It’s not every day that a group of the nation’s top cancer doctors asks people to curb their drinking.
In a statement released Tuesday, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) outlined research tying alcohol to two types of cancer and told Americans to drink less.
“ASCO believes that a proactive stance by the Society to minimise excessive exposure to alcohol has important implications for cancer prevention,” the statement, which was published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, said.
This is the first time the organisation has taken a stance on alcohol and cancer, but it is not the first time the research has found strong links between the two.
This summer, two major research groups found strong evidence that drinking alcohol — as little as one glass of wine or beer a day — increases the risk of developing both pre- and postmenopausal breast cancer. For that report, scientists from the American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research Fund looked at 119 studies from around the globe and incorporated data from roughly 12 million women as well as some 260,000 cases of breast cancer.
The US Department of Health and Human Services lists alcohol as a known human carcinogen. Research highlighted by the National Cancer Institute suggests that the more alcohol you drink — particularly the more you drink regularly — the higher your risk of developing cancer.
More: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/alcohol-cancer-risk-studies-doctors-say-drink-less-2017-11?r=US&IR=T
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This means I have to find a different way to cope with all this Trump bullshit! 
A year ago, if anyone said it could get this bad, it would have been unbelievable for even those of us who deplored Trump already. 
We have medical marijuana, but I've read the rules and even that sounds very difficult. It's only prescribed for certain conditions and the prescribing doctor requires special training. And they've located most of the places that deal with it downstate. 
But I realize not everyone on DU has an addiction issue - and that medical marijuana is worthy of discussion. For most of us in this group it's not the best option, but I can't judge others who advocate for it. I'm in AA myself and that's why I thought the article might be of interest here.
It was my guess that the poster didn't realize which group this was, I've been on DU since before the invasion of Iraq and I still see groups here that I never knew existed. And, like I said, I'm in AA so it's not up to me to judge what's okay for anyone else. And I'm not the host, either. We are hearing more about drugs these days in AA. It was not long ago that it was considered unacceptable for discussion in an AA meeting. I walked into my first AA meeting 9 years ago this month. But I'm GSR for a beginner's group and it's more common than not to hear from those who are cross addicted. I've learned to "take what I want and leave the rest." 