EPISODE · Jun 26, 2023 · 16 MIN
629 - Alcohol Use as a Risk Factor for Gun Violence
from Public Health On Call · host Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Alcohol plays an outsize role in gun deaths and a new study finds that alcohol misuse can be a better predictor of future violence than any other risk factors. Josh Horwitz and Silvia Villarreal of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions talk with Lindsay Smith Rogers about this connection and a set of new recommendations that include limiting access to guns for people with alcohol-related convictions and in places where alcohol is consumed. Read more about the report here: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/new-report-offers-policy-recommendations-to-address-alcohol-use-as-risk-factor-for-gun-violence
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629 - Alcohol Use as a Risk Factor for Gun Violence
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