In a recent article for National Review on neoprohibitionism, I touched on the controversy over a report on alcohol and health that had been commissioned by the Biden administration.
The story begins with the World Health Organization:
In January 2023, the World Health Organization stated that, in the absence of any detectable threshold at which the carcinogenic effect of alcohol kicked in, it could not identify a “safe” level of consumption. Coming to a conclusion that will delight the temperance groups with which it has closer ties than it should, the WHO declared that alcohol’s risks start “from the first drop.” Allegedly,
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