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Alcohol; to download as a PDF file click here ... SOURCE: Alcohol is easily produced through fermentation of fruit or grain mixtures or the distillation of fermented fruit or grain mixtures (Spirits such as whiskey, rum, vodka and gin are distilled.) ; Alcohol is sold via licensed outlets such as supermarkets, ... Info-sheet...
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www.ixion.demon.co.uk/alcohol.htm
www.ixion.demon.co.uk/alcohol.htm
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The fact sheets below were developed by many different authors. In some cases, the fact sheets were placed on the web by a different organization than the one that wrote the document. However, all of the fact sheets are in the public domain ... Fact Sheet Citations ... Indiana University Alcohol and Drug Information Center...
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www.well.com/user/woa/facts.htm
www.well.com/user/woa/facts.htm
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Alcohol is a drug that produces a dual effect on the body: a primary depressant effect that lasts a relatively short time, and a weaker agitation of the central nervous system that persists about six times as long as the depressant effect. ... Go to FACT Sheet List;
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www.well.com/user/woa/fsalphar.htm
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Minnesota Medical Association Website ... The average American child tries alcohol before the age of 13. Youth who drink before they turn 15 are four times more likely to develop alcohol dependence than those who start drinking at 21. ... Underage drinkers consume 19.7 percent of all alcohol consumed in the United States.
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www.mmaonline.net/KeyIssues/AlcoholAbuse/AlcoholFactShe...
www.mmaonline.net/KeyIssues/AlcoholAbuse/AlcoholFactSheet/tabid/89/Default.aspx
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• It is estimated that of the 15.1 million alcohol-abusing or alcohol-dependent individuals in the United States, approximately 4.6 million (nearly one-third) are women. 2 ... Physical Effects of Alcohol on Women ... • Chronic heavy alcohol consumption exacts a greater physical toll on women than on men.
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www.marininstitute.org/alcohol_policy/women_alcohol.htm
www.marininstitute.org/alcohol_policy/women_alcohol.htm
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Youth and Alcohol Facts; Traffic crashes; Approximately 1/3 of all deaths among 15- to 24-year-olds are from traffic crashes, and in 22% of fatal crashes involving young drivers, the young driver was drinking (NSC, 2005; Alcohol use -- by the victim, the perpetrator or both -- has been implicated at least half of rapes...
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www.epi.umn.edu/alcohol/factsheets/youth_factsheet.pdf
www.epi.umn.edu/alcohol/factsheets/youth_factsheet.pdf
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Annual health care expenditures for alcohol-related problems amount to $22.5 billion. The total cost of alcohol problems is $175.9 billion a year (compared to $114.2 billion for other drug problems and $137 billion for smoking).2 ... Violence & Alcohol Statistics; Women & Alcohol Fact Sheet; Costs of Underage Drinking ;
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www.marininstitute.org/alcohol_policy/health_care_costs...
www.marininstitute.org/alcohol_policy/health_care_costs.htm
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ALCOHOL FACT SHEET; October 2008; Traffic fatalities are the leading cause of death among persons 5 to 34 years of age, and alcohol is the leading cause of fatal traffic crashes by an overwhelming margin. A total of 1,505 people were injured in Iowa alcohol-related traffic crashes in 2007, which is a decline of more...
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www.dps.state.ia.us/commis/gtsb/fact-3alcohol.pdf
www.dps.state.ia.us/commis/gtsb/fact-3alcohol.pdf
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Types of alcohol problems ... Treatment Options: Depression and Alcohol Disorders ... Harmful effects of alcohol...
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www.mentalhealthscreening.org/infofaq/alcohol.htm
www.mentalhealthscreening.org/infofaq/alcohol.htm
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