The Truth about Intoxicating Drinks
Author | : Edwin Ralph Barrett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Temperance |
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Author | : Edwin Ralph Barrett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Temperance |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Edwin Ralph Barrett |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1981 |
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Author | : Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 761 |
Release | : 2004-03-26 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309089352 |
Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks â€" and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and it remains possible and even easy for teenagers to get access to alcohol. Why is this dangerous behavior so pervasive? What can be done to prevent it? What will work and who is responsible for making sure it happens? Reducing Underage Drinking addresses these questions and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It explores the ways in which may different individuals and groups contribute to the problem and how they can be enlisted to prevent it. Reducing Underage Drinking will serve as both a game plan and a call to arms for anyone with an investment in youth health and safety.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 478 |
Release | : 1981-02-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0309031494 |
Author | : Doug Batchelor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : Alcohol |
ISBN | : 9781580191463 |
Author | : Edwin Ralph Barrett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1899 |
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Author | : Edward Slingerland |
Publisher | : Little, Brown Spark |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2021-06-01 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0316453374 |
An "entertaining and enlightening" deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization—and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication (Daniel E. Lieberman, author of Exercised). While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place. Drunk elegantly cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround our notions of intoxication to provide the first rigorous, scientifically-grounded explanation for our love of alcohol. Drawing on evidence from archaeology, history, cognitive neuroscience, psychopharmacology, social psychology, literature, and genetics, Drunk shows that our taste for chemical intoxicants is not an evolutionary mistake, as we are so often told. In fact, intoxication helps solve a number of distinctively human challenges: enhancing creativity, alleviating stress, building trust, and pulling off the miracle of getting fiercely tribal primates to cooperate with strangers. Our desire to get drunk, along with the individual and social benefits provided by drunkenness, played a crucial role in sparking the rise of the first large-scale societies. We would not have civilization without intoxication. From marauding Vikings and bacchanalian orgies to sex-starved fruit flies, blind cave fish, and problem-solving crows, Drunk is packed with fascinating case studies and engaging science, as well as practical takeaways for individuals and communities. The result is a captivating and long overdue investigation into humanity's oldest indulgence—one that explains not only why we want to get drunk, but also how it might actually be good for us to tie one on now and then.
Author | : John William Kirton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 1879 |
Genre | : Beer |
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Author | : E. R. Barrett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1893 |
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Author | : United States Department of Transportation |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1985-02-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309034493 |
Alcohol is a killerâ€"1 of every 13 deaths in the United States is alcohol-related. In addition, 5 percent of the population consumes 50 percent of the alcohol. The authors take a close look at the problem in a "classy little study," as The Washington Post called this book. The Library Journal states, "...[T]his is one book that addresses solutions....And it's enjoyably readable....This is an excellent review for anyone in the alcoholism prevention business, and good background reading for the interested layperson." The Washington Post agrees: the book "...likely will wind up on the bookshelves of counselors, politicians, judges, medical professionals, and law enforcement officials throughout the country."