In “Endorsing ‘no safe level of alcohol’ would be a drastic mistake,” Erlinda Doherty, public policy expert and President of the D.C. chapter of the Women Who Whiskey Club, expresses her concern over the administration’s decision to appoint anti-alcohol activists to a review panel for new U.S. dietary guidelines for alcohol consumption. She points out that the release of this report could lead to misleading, extreme guidance when the science on the relationship between alcohol and health is still evolving, causing unfair restrictions on alcohol consumption for millions of responsible consumers.
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Endorsing ‘no safe level of alcohol’ would be a drastic mistake |
Headlines like this one may be coming to a newspaper near you: “Americans told that health risks increase from even a sip of alcohol.” This is thanks to the Biden-Harris administration’s decision to place anti-alcohol activists in charge of new health guidance on alcohol consumption, in a report slated for later this year as part of the current U.S. dietary guidelines review. The politicization and scaremongering around alcohol have gone mainstream in recent years, as with the World Health Organization’s recent declaration that “no amount of alcohol is safe.” ... |