It appears that the awakening of independence and free and rational thought that challenged the established order, and ultimately led to the downfall of European absolutism, was perhaps the New World's greatest contribution in the Columbian Exchange.
An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.10. In 2014, alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).11.
Alcohol is a major factor in road deaths in Victoria. Each year about one quarter of drivers killed in road crashes in Victoria had a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) over the legal limit. At a BAC of 0.05, your risk of being involved in a road crash is about double that of a BAC of zero.