The article “ Native American, Alcohol Misuse” talked about how Native Americans had struggled with a high perception of alcohol misuse. This had a negative effect on Native Communities. This caused many negative emotional turmoil, physical health problems, and economic burdens. Native American have the highest rates of alcohol use disorders compared with other racial groups. Due to Native American misusing alcohol this caused them to be falsely stereotyped. 

This article talks about how medications can help 1 in 12 people who suffer from Alcohol Use Disorder. Binge drinking coupled with its negative repercussions this is called Alcohol Abuse or Alcoholism. This diagnoses of alcoholism is a result of bad choices and this can lead to a brain altering disease. Alcohol is not getting treated like an opiate addiction. Alcoholism is growing, the alcoholic beverage industry generated over $250 Billion in revenue in 2021. 

This article talks about how there is no safe limit to drinking. This can cause increase consumption of alcohol which can be associated with poorer brain health. According to a study University of Oxnard studied the relationship between the self reported alcohol intake od some 25,000 people in the UK and their brain scans. they have more of an effect such as wine, spirits, and beer have done harm to the brain. 

In the first article “Gallup, New Mexico - ‘Drunk Town, USA’ - Works to change its image”.  While reading this article, it is stated that three decades ago Gallup, New Mexico was known as “Drunk Town, USA '' For many years Gallup has been ranked number one nationally in the number of alcohol-related deaths. The community, which is bordered by the Navajo Nation, has worked hard for many years to save and change lives. Around the cold months the Community Service Aids go around looking for people who are at risk of freezing to death. In the 1980s, the majority of the police shift was spent saving people who’d drink themselves unconscious. They would pick up as many as 200 people a day and bring them to the “drunk tank” they would call it. Kevin Foley said drunks would go to the NCI detox center where they were given beds, food, and counseling for up to three days. When someone is really serious about quitting alcohol, they can check into the residential program actress they street.

While reading “Liquid genocide: alcohol destroyed Pine Ridge reservation - then they fought back” The article talks about a year, 11,00 cans of beer were poured into the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota, causing untold damages. In South Dakota, the home to 20,000 Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe members and where the sale of alcohol is banned. Whiteclay, Nebraska the town has no local government and only has 24 residents. For more than a century, its primary purpose has been to sell alcohol to the reservation’s residents. Over four million cans of beer had left the stores each year - 11,000 a day. In April, after a history of lawlessness and a recent spate of unsolved murders, the Nebraska state liquor commission voted to temporarily revoke all four licenses. The addiction in South Dakota is an endemic problem. Almost up to two-thirds of adults live with alcoholism.