Kyla Thomas- Americans over 60 are drinking more, study says

Summary: This article is about people who are 60 and over being discovered drinking more than senior citizens 20 years ago. Men reported higher numbers of regular and binge-drinking tendencies than women, but the largest percentage increases were seen in the female population. In the US 20 years ago, 54% of the men who were 60 years old age or older were current drinkers and nearly 38 women of that age also drank. Recently studies have shown that those statistics have risen to nearly 60% for men and nearly 48% for women."It was common practice to see more men than women, and now we see more equal numbers," said Dr. Bhanuprakash Kolla, a psychiatrist at the Mayo Clinic. Unlike a bottle of wine, our bodies do not get better with time and the alcohol does not help people health wise in any way. Older people are at a higher risk of being effected by the alcohol they drink.

Analysis: I though this was a very interesting story to read. Before reading this article I thought that people in the younger generations drank more than older generations. I do know that alcohol could be very dangerous but maybe older people drinking more isn't necessarily a bad thing. Along with age comes wisdom and life experience. Their expertise in life could make them way more responsible drinkers than younger drinkers. Where it gets out of hand is when addiction kicks in. In relation to history, this is a cause of the 21st Amendment, which mandated nationwide prohibition on alcohol. If it weren't for this law, there would be no legal consumption of alcohol in the first place.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/health/older-adults-drinking-study/?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool