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Raven · 02-09-2009, 10:48 AM

Alcohol is a Drug

by David J. Hanson, Ph.D.
Beverage alcohol (ethyl alcohol) is a drug. But exactly what is a drug?
A drug is simply “Any substance which when absorbed into a living organism may modify one or more of its functions.” 1
In reality, "any substance that by its chemical nature alters structure or function in the living organism is a drug. . . .

Raven · 02-09-2009, 10:51 AM

For example, back in 1938, the Virginia legislature asked two University of Virginia pharmacology professors to review the research evidence and produce an overview report on alcohol's affects on the human body. The legislature had hoped to demonstrate the need for the state's public schools to teach that alcohol is a poison and that its use is harmful behavior to be avoided.

"When news leaked that the two scientists' report contained language to the effect that moderate drinking was unharmful, temperance organizations in the state immediately rallied and deluged the legislature and the governor's office with cries of objection." 1 The legislature then voted to have the report, all one-thousand copies, burned --- unread!

Raven · 02-09-2009, 11:08 AM

i have an older Brother named Jimmy too

a perfect clone of your brother in many aspects...

i expect to hear of a similar list of related illness(s)
due to his alcohol and tobacco habits (the legal drugs)

he was the kid who figured out how to cut cigarette pack
sized blocks of wood to substitute for packs of cigs
in the rack my dad had hanging on the wall for his
carton of Winston's.