Reducing alcohol-related car crashes may help economy

By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) - The large reduction in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes over the past few decades helped the U.S. economy, according to a new study. Of the $200 million of compounded annual growth to the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) since 1984 to 1986, about 5 percent is a result of reduction in alcohol-related car crashes, researchers report. Economic gains will continue to accumulate as alcohol-related car crashes continue to become less common, said Ted Miller