Alcohol is linked to cancer and kills over 20,000 a year - so why do we drink?

Alcohol is linked to cancer and kills over 20,000 a year - so why do we drink?

Alcohol consumption is linked to some cancers (Picture: Getty Images) Buying the first round of drinks at his uncle Jimmy’s wake, Peter raised a toast of whisky. At just 67, Jimmy died last month after three years of treatment for colon cancer.  Peter, 36, who misses his uncle terribly, is currently under NHS consultant care to see if Jimmy’s death – the sixth in his family to die from colorectal cancer – qualifies him for genetic testing or ear…

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