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Alcoholism among indigenous peoples

Alcohol abuse among North American Indians is reaching a new generation: 5 to 25% of children are affected by foetal alcohol syndrome or less severe foetal alcohol effect because their mothers drank heavily during pregnancy. The result is a population that is mentally and physically disabled

Among Lakota Sioux Indians there is a 80 to 90% unemployment rate, so people are forced to live from welfare. There is no business, no industry and people have lost their hope for the future

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Increase taxes and, in turn, fund an awareness campaign

Increase taxes on alcohol and use the proceeds to fund a campaign raising awareness of the problems drinking during pregnancy causes. It works as the problem is a lack of knowledge of the damage drink...

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- symptoms of alcoholism symptoms of alcoholism

The real issue here is the extreme poverty these people (and many others) in the world are facing. This in turn is creating negative social effects displayed in this case through alcoholism. This cou...
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