AstroNards

Do you perceive alcohol to be a bigger problem for native Americans than the rest of the general population?

My aim isn’t to be insulting or stereotypical here. But it is or used to be a stereotype at one point in America that the Native American community had a troubling relationship with alcohol - see any number of firewater jokes. I’m sure you’ve made one or two yourself over the years.

From my experience (and that of some of my liver doctor mentors), many of the poorer res communities in the near west and Dakotas have many residents with drinking and liver problems. From what I’ve seen - and this correlates with the American culture at large, apart from the reservations - there seems to be a correlation between the poverty level and the level of alcoholism, but as a physician who spends a lot of time thinking about how crazy common boozing has become (so so many options and more products than ever l before) and worrying about how effed my generation may someday find itself, I wonder if you have any particular insight to share about this issue. To go one further, I used to work in comedy, too, and my god, the drinking. Kind of an unformed question, and i hope I haven’t offended or confused you.

Thanks for your answer. I never believed the whole alcohol is more prevalent thing, but I’d always wondered if it was more harmful vs a byproduct of the history. FYI death rates are double amongst Native American populations than that of the general population when it comes to liver disease in the US and Alaska.

Which part of Spain are you from? Care to tell us why you left? Is hating humanity a rare quality in your experience? Despite my Star Trek optimism, people are seem to be shitty as a default in my experience. Also, how are the women in Iceland? And what sort of attitude have Icelanders got towards Southern Europeans?

A number of the young people I’ve met in my considerable time in Spain were not optimistic about their career prospects in the state. Hang in there. La vida es dura, camarada.

In your opinion, if you’ve got one on this, which state seems least likely to legalize, or which seems to have the most uphill legalization effort?