Although alcohol use is widespread among United States citizens, recent reports indicate that this trend is a burgeoning public health disaster. According to a recent article published in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), excessive alcohol use in the United States ought to be recognized as a national health problem that is frequently associated with increased risk of death, the prevalence of chronic diseases, and numerous cases of personal injury (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). According to this report, although binge and underage drinking is a preventable cause of death, it has been linked to more than 79, 000 deaths annually (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). The report also cites that, alcohol-related problems cost the United States taxpayer billions of dollars to the tune of $185 billion annually, both in terms of healthcare costs and criminal justice expenses. This revelation is a cause for alarm because, in Bernard Turnock’s analysis on the leading causes of death in the United States in 2000, alcohol abuse was not ranked even among the top twenty. In Table 2-2 the leading cause of death (as per the number of deaths) was heart disease, Cancer, and Cardiovascular diseases respectively (Turnock, 2007). Bearing in mind that, alcohol abuse increases the prevalence and risks factors leading to chronic diseases (health problems, some forms of cancer, and cardiovascular diseases), this current news report is neither overrepresented nor underrepresented. On further analysis, other health factors outlined in Table 2-2 such as; unintentional injuries (5), chronic liver disease and Cirrhosis (12), and Chronic Obstructive lung disease (4) could also be attributed to alcohol abuse (Turnock, 2007 ). Conversely, while analyzing the actual causes of death in the United States, Turnock (2011) associated alcohol consumption with 85,000 deaths in 2000 (Table 2-4). This number is higher than the current estimates of 79,000, which indicates a slight underestimation bearing in mind that alcohol consumption has been escalating steadily. On the same note, recent research findings published in ScienceDaily concluded that social-economic factors could be blamed for causing a considerable number of deaths in the United States (ScienceNews 2011). Previously, researchers have been concerned about the contribution of physiological factors such as; heart and cancer problems as well as behavioral risks factors including dietary, physical inactivity, and dietary patterns to the numerous untimely deaths in the United States. However, recent research has shifted towards the role of social factors and increasing cases of premature death in the United States (ScienceNews 2011). Consequently, the current research study conducted by researchers from Colombia University Mailman School of Public health concluded that poverty, lack of effective social support, poor education levels, and other social factors led to as many deaths as those caused by a heart attack, lung cancer and strokes in the United States (ScienceNews 2011). Likewise in Table 2-5, Turnock (2011) underscores that low-income families were susceptible to myriad preventive health problems as compared to high-income families. According to Turnock (2011), the like