The Effects of Alcohol

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The paper discusses how alcohol slows down brain activity, resulting in slurred speech, slowed reaction time, impaired vision and hearing, impaired thinking and memory and muscle weakness. The paper describes long-term effects associated with alcohol which include liver failure, nerve damage, epilepsy and heart failure. The paper discusses how the majority of adolescents believe alcohol makes it easier to socialize while adults often drink to cope with stress.

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"Although alcohol is classified as a food, it is not digested but rather enters directly into the blood stream. Because alcohol dilutes itself in the water volume of the body, vital organs, such as the brain, that contain large amounts of water and need a substantial blood supply, are left especially vulnerable (Dunlap). Within minutes of entering the bloodstream, literally every organ and tissue system, including the brain, liver, heart, lungs, pancreas and kidneys, are infiltrated by alcohol (Dunlap)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Alcohol. (2006). The Partnership for a Drug Free America. Retrieved November 05 2006 from:http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/drug_guide/Alcohol
• Dunlap, Michaele P. Biological Impacts Of Alcohol Use: An Overview. Retrieved November 05 2006 from: http://www.oregoncounseling.org/ArticlesPapers/Documents/ETOHBIOFx.htm
• Sensible Drinking. (2006). BUPA. Retrieved November 05 2006 from:http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/mosby_factsheets/alcohol_abuse.html
• Why Do Some People Drink Too Much? (2000 January 01). Alcohol Research & Health. Retrieved November 05 2006 from HighBeam Research Library.

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