Addiction | The Dangers Of Alcohol Abuse Are Exaggerated

In the following viewpoint, Stanton Peele challenges common assumptions about alcoholism. He maintains that alcoholics have control over their drinking and usually stop drinking of their own volition. Furthermore, the majority of alcohol abusers are college-age men who outgrow their drinking problems as they mature. Peele, who writes frequently about the subject of addiction, is the author of Diseasing of America, from which the following viewpoint is excerpted.

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1. What evidence does Peele provide to support his assertion...

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