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new study has found that excessive alcohol drinking Americans more than $220 billion a year. But organizers of the study believe the biggest cost from the loss of worker productivity. Robert Brewer for America's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, public health agency. He helped to produce a on the study. Researchers used findings from 2006 examine costs linked to heavy drinking. They looked results from around the United States and found lot of variation in different parts of the . Alcohol-related costs include health care, the cost of cases for alcohol-related crimes, and property damage from accidents. Robert Brewer says the biggest cost, however, the loss of productivity. Many people with a problem have lower-paying jobs. He says they may be less productive when they are at work. . Brewer says there is also a huge cost people who die from alcohol-related causes. He says are young, and their incomes and productivity are lost. The researchers were mainly concerned about the of heavy alcohol use. The study did not at the effect on individuals who drink a of beer or wine with dinner. Mr. Brewer the largest costs come from binge drinking, when drink a lot of alcohol in a short of time. The study was based on the costs of heavy drinking in the United States. Mr. Brewer says many nations have problems with the World Health Organization calls "harmful use of ." For VOA Learning English, I'm Alex Villarreal.

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