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This handy little ninety-six page book fills a long-felt need. All too frequently are the facts about alcohol presented in a dry and uninteresting or in a highly prejudiced form. “The Alcohol Problem Visualized” is impartially scientific and is strikingly illustrated so that the reader is enabled to grasp the significant facts almost at a glance.
An artistic illustration shows that the nation's drink bill is much larger than its milk bill or its total bill for all forms of education. The reasons why people drink are given, and illustrations show how the liquor affects them. The steps leading to alcoholism or habitual drunkenness are listed and also the means whereby in many instances this can be cured. The effect of alcohol on driver and pedestrian safety is treated dramatically and numerous colored charts are given showing its effect on skills and on health.
It is pointed out that out of every twelve dollars spent in the United States, one dollar goes for drink, and that the contribution of the liquor industry to employment and grain consumption is an extremely small one. Drinking is next considered as a community problem and its effects on crime, family relationships, and juvenile delinquency are reviewed.
The last chapter discusses what can be done about the alcohol problem both individually and socially. The liquor control systems of Canada, Sweden, and Great Britain are summarized and a dramatic round table discussion is given by four typical Americans with sharply contrasting points of view as to what form of control, if any, we should have in this country.
The book is beautifully illustrated in scarlet and brown by two rising young artists. It is strictly factual and heavily documented throughout with the works of the soundest and most up-to-date medical, statistical, and psychological authorities. Conclusions are left to be drawn by the reader.
Two outstanding features of this new book are: an extremely interesting case study of the making of an alcoholic, and th