Leslie Williams: Study that criticises one drink is dangerous is nebulous at best

Did you hear you shouldn’t be drinking any alcohol, ever? A meta-analysis study on alcohol published in the Lancet in August received massive publicity as it claimed that having even one drink is dangerous to health.

While no one disputes that heavy drinking is bad for you, if you examine the Lancet’s statistics on the effects of moderate drinking it quickly becomes clear their conclusion is nebulous at best.