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ALCOHOL PAGE |
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Street Names |
| booze,
dop
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Usage |
| oral
consumption |
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Behaviour |
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central nervous system sedative |
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ALCOHOL is not often described as a drug due
to the fact that is so commonly available
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It is however one on the world's greatest
drug abuse problems and affects more people than all people affected by all
other drugs put together
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ALCOHOL is available in so many forms today,
from liquor (beer / spirits / whisky / liqueur / wine) to cough
mixtures to many other medical preparations. Alcohol is the
most widely used dissolving agent after purified water used in
medication, even in ear drops
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The liquor alcohol is produced by fermenting
and distilling fruit or grains or vegetables
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APPEARANCE |
Pure ALCOHOL is a clear colourless liquid like
water. In liquor it assumes the colouration of the
beverage. In medication it is very seldom coloured
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PRESENTATION |
Being a liquid it will be in a spill-proof
vessel, mostly bottles or vials made from glass
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EFFECT |
Alcohol affects the brain and spinal cord
resulting in (initially) relaxation and (eventually) loss of
coordination, poor muscle control, blurred vision, nausea,
vomiting and eventually sleep
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Many alcohol addicts choose to consume their
alcohol on its own, but there are addicts that mix their alcohol with
other drugs with sometimes devastating effect and
death
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 Amphetamine |
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