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Alcohol abuse by GIs soars since '03: (USATODAY)

June 19, 2009

The rate of Army soldiers enrolled in treatment programs for alcohol dependency or abuse has nearly doubled since 2003 - a sign of the growing stress of repeated deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Army statistics and interviews. [click here to view] (http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-06-18-army-alcohol-problems_N.htm)

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