Parents, youth and the general population in the U.S. tend to assume that prescription drugs are less dangerous when abused than illegal drugs due to that fact that they are FDA-approved.
Over 50 percent of men and women in the United States report having one or more close relatives with a drinking problem.
Studies indicate that an estimated 75% of Mexican immigrant women abstain from alcohol.
Nearly a quarter of Americans aged 12 or older binged consumed alcohol in 2010, which translates into about 58.6 million people.