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We Alaskans Like Our "Antifreeze": Men's Health Says Anchorage, Alaska Is The Second Most "Drunk" City In The United States |
| Published: December 7, 2007, 4:05 am |
| Tags: drunk driving |
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While viewing the Anchorage Daily News website, I happened upon an interesting item in their Alaska Newsreader section. We're a bunch of damn drunks here in Anchorage, according to a report published in the December 2007 issue of Men's Health magazine.America's second "drunkest" city, to be precise. A listing in Men's Health magazine puts Anchorage No. 2 on the list of what it calls the country's "drunkest cities." Denver tops the list in the report, which includes an interactive map detailing booze stats from the 100 cities considered.A closer examination of Anchorage shows how we were categorically graded:(1) Alcohol Liver Disease (ALD) Deaths: Ranked 79(2) Binge Drinking: Ranked 90(3) DUI: Ranked 75(4) Fatal Crashed: Ranked 71(5) Laws: Ranked 98The last number is significantly influenced by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the nation's self-appointed, self-proclaimed alcohol police (who, by the way, have yet to react officially to this report). The fact is, no one can ever [ Full article ] |
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