World’s alcohol consumption expected to rise 17% in next decade
By DW
09 May 2019 |
7:20 am
Alcohol consumption is expected to increase 17% over the next decade after rising steadily for the last two, the medical journal Lancet has found. Half of all the world's adults are expected to be drinking by 2030.
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