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What issue in society do you think is near impossible to fix? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 5 days ago by Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Alcohol.

Lots and lots of people lean heavily on it and think that alcohol is the spice of their life. When, it contributes to so many problems than it's so-called benefits. We tried, in America anyways, to outright ban alcohol. Problem was that the person who wanted it banned, was too extremist.

Like he didn't think it all through and think just going for the jugular of the problem is what will work. When, it didn't and just made people work around it until eventually the ban was dismantled.

So, since then, we've been putting up with drunk drivers, drunk disputes, drunk abusers and other issues. I still wish we could just slam our hands down at the desk and demand we sit to discuss in how to properly deal with this issue than people proclaiming that it's not a problem.

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[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Studies have shown that not all alochol abuse is trauma-related.

https://filtermag.org/addiction-trauma/

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's an interesting article. I appreciate that they mention that the studies may be flawed because they attained wildly different data, probably due to methodology. They also mention that people with personality disorders are often not caught by these surveys.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Did you not read it? Personality disorders ARE caught by the studies. The article references a 2020 study by Elizabeth A. Evans et al., which explicitly examined the prevalence of personality disorders among people with opioid use disorder. It states, “55.1 percent of women and 57.0 percent of men with opioid use disorder were found to have a personality disorder, such as borderline, antisocial, etc." Also, the article mentions findings from 16 studies on antisocial personality disorder among people with alcohol use disorder (AUD). Seven studies explored borderline personality disorder in AUD populations, with prevalence estimates ranging from 6–66 percent and a median of 21 percent. These wide-ranging results reflect the inclusion of personality disorders in the research.

I'm certain you misspoke?

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The first half of the article focuses on the biggest study, the NSDUH

SAMHSA’s annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). NSDUH does not measure different mental health conditions individually, and probably fails to catch personality disorders.

That's where I saw the information.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's one survey, you said "these surveys" (plural) which is why I was confused.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I was mistaken. It is the biggest and most discussed survey though so I still think it should be mentioned.