Evil Effects of Consuming Alcohol^*

              More than 30 percent of American adults have abused alcohol or suffered from alcoholism at some point in their lives, and few have received treatment, according to a government study.

              About 42 percent of men and about 19 percent of women reported a history of either alcohol abuse or alcoholism during their lives.

 (Study: 30% of Americans get into alcohol troubles, Carla K. Johnson, Chicago Tribune, Tuesday, July 3, 2007, p.3)

* Islam forbids consuming alcohol (all intoxicants):

Believers! Intoxicants, games of chance, idolatrous sacrifices at altars, and divining arrows are abominations, the handiwork of Satan (Al-Mai’dah 5: 90)