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As genuinely dangerous to society on the order of drug-using criminals,
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or smokers polluting their surroundings with second hand toxins.
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You do hear concerns--and I spent a fair bit of time on this
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in the article that you may or may not have read for today--
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you do hear concerns about the economic costs of people
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Who Can'T Control Their Self-destructive AppetItes, As It'S Often Put,
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And Get Themselves Sick, As It'S Also Often Put,
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And Then Cost Us As A Nation, You And Me The Taxpayers,
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some figure that gets bounced around by this sometimes
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Currently Estimated Around $120 billion dollars a year
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in excess health costs owing to over consumption.
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To Me There'S At Least A Hint,