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Quick Facts About Alcohol

Other Names: Beer, wine, liquor, cooler, malt liquor, booze

Effects:

  • Addiction (alcoholism)
  • Dizziness
  • Slurred speech
  • Disturbed Sleep
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Hangovers
  • Impaired motor skills
  • Violent behavior
  • Impaired learning
  • Fetal alcohol syndrome
  • Respiratory depression and death (high doses)
  • Cirrhosis and cancer of the liver
  • Excessive drinking can lead to decrease testosterone in a man's body and cause impotence

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