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Cody Bialka

Ruth Engs (ed.): Chpt.10 Controversies book - Drinking age should be lowered - 0 views

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  • There is extensive evidence that the consumption of alcoholic beverages has occurred in most societies throughout the world and has probably occurred since the Paleolithic Age and certainly since the Neolithic Age (Knupfer, 1960). The records of all ancient civilizations refer to the use of alcoholic beverages. Such accounts are found on Egyptian carvings, Hebrew script, and Babylonian tablets (Patrick, 1952). The Code of Hammurabi (cir 2225 B.C.) devoted several sections to problems created by the abuse of alcohol and in China, laws that forbade making wine were enacted and repealed forty-one times between 1100 B.C. and 1400 A.D. (Alcoholism and Drug Research Foundation of Ontario, 1961). These and other sources of evidence indicate that concern over alcohol use and abuse are not unique to present societies.
  • avid J. Hanson, Ph. D.
  • The Drinking Age Should Be Lowered D
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  • CHAPTER 10
  • between 1970 and
  • 1975,29 states reduced their minimum legal drinking age
andrewzachman

American Psychological Society: Study Finds that Alcohol Placebo Impairs Memory - 0 views

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shared by andrewzachman on 19 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • scientists have shown that people who believed they were under the influence of alcohol were both more suggestible and more adamant about the accuracy of their eyewitness testimony compared to people who knew they were drinking water.
  • Seema Assefi and Dr. Maryanne Garry,
  • memory can be affected by an alcohol placebo-in other words, by fake alcohol
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  • 148 undergraduate students were split into two groups, half told they were getting a vodka tonic and the others told they were getting only tonic water.
  • all were getting plain tonic.
  • We found people who thought they were intoxicated were more suggestible and made worse eyewitnesses in comparison to those who thought they were sober.
  • In fact the 'vodka and tonic' students acted drunk, some even showing physical signs of intoxication
  • many were amazed that they had only received plain tonic, insisting that they had felt drunk at the time."
andrewzachman

Outside of Medicine | The Placebo Effect - 0 views

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  • A study was conducted where some subjects were given doses of alcohol, while others were given a placebo mimic. Both groups showed signs of drunkenness. When there was a suggestion that alcohol was in their system, that knowledge created a drunk-behavious from those that were not actually drunk.
  • The materials uses for this experiment were four water bottles, 31 plastic cups and a questionaire.  The four water bottles used were : Aquafina, Dasani, Poland Springs and tap water. The tap water was in a  plain bottle with no label, and gave off a yellowish colour. The catch was that all of the other bottles has the same tap water filled inside. However, the appearance of the brand names of the water bottles did not change.
  • were told to rank each water from 1-10, 10 being the highest. When the brand named water was being served, they were told sepcific information about each brand.
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  • plain bottles recieved the lowest score of a 5.26 average.
  • Of the 31 students, only 2 realized that the water was the same.
  • 93.5%  of the participants tasted a difference, providing susceptible to the placebo effect. Participants gave very high cores to certain brands, however, it was the same tap water just simply in a fany packaged bottle.
BRODY DAVIDSON

Cirrhosis - PubMed Health - 0 views

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...PMH0001301

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    "scarring of the liver and poor liver function."
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