alcohol by: victor cooper class: drugs and alcohol in society
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AlcoholBY: VICTOR COOPER
CLASS: DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IN SOCIETY
What is Alcohol?
Organic compound in which the Hydroxyl Functional Group is bound to a carbon atom
A drink contains about 3-60 % Ethanol
Regulated by over 100 countries
1 Trillion dollar a year industry
Dangers of Alcohol Anemia- Low red blood cells to carry oxygen
Cancer- mouth, throat, voice box, esophagus, liver, breast, colorectal region
Cardiovascular Disease- Blood clots
Cirrhosis- Liver disease, cannot function correctly
Seizures- Can cause epilepsi
Gout- Uric acid in joints
High blood preassure- Constriction of blood vessels
Infectious Disease- Supresses the imune system
Nerve Damage- Weakness, incontinence, constipation, ED
Depression- Hand in hand, people who are depressed try to self medicate themselves with alcohol. But makes everything extremely severe and can lead to suicide
Alcohol use Today
90 % of teenagers have used alcohol
13 yrs of age is average for 1st time drinkers
60% of emergency room visits are the cause of alcohol or drugs
28% of college dropouts are alcohol users
95% of all college campus violence is alcohol related
over 50% of car accidents are the cause of alcohol
50% of suicides are caused by alcohol
50% of all violent crimes are caused by alcohol
Where did it come from?
About 10,000 BC in the Neotithic Period
Egyptian pictographs about 4,000 BC show Importance
First made with barley, berries and honey
Discovered by complete accident
Used as a form of medicine Beer in ancient Egypt contained
tetracycline
numerous amounts of nutrition value
Alcohol in History
Considered to be a gift from the gods. Because of the feel good reaction it gives
Monks from the Catholic church where brew masters
Old testament (Genesis 9:20) Noah planted a vineyard on Mt. Aratat
The first refrigerator was made to brew cold lager in USA
The creation of agriculture Harvesting Barley
Awesome Pictures
The Dark Ages
Beer saved million of lives in the middle ages
In Europe, the water was so dangerous that drinking the water would kill you Beer was the only thing you could drink without dying
UC Berkley professor proves that the boiling process killed bacteria and made the beer safe to drink
The hard times made people consume a lot of beer and unltimately saved them
Children even drank beer
a family would drink 600 liters of beer a year
Colonial times in the new world
When the Mayflower ran out of beer on the way to Virginia, They landed at the nearest point Plymouth Rock
People where scarred of the water, so they all drank beer
Accorn Beer kept the colony going forward and the first taverns in the new world where built
Dec 16th 1773 The Green Dragon Tavern is where the idea began for the American Revolution. Plotted and planned in taverns
"Beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy " Benjamin Franklin
Medicine 1850 Luis Pasteur studied beer before milk
Found smaller bacteria cells
Germ Theory was the corner stone to modern medicine
Vaccines where created because now they understood what caused sickness and disease
Beer Consumption by Country
Import Vs Export
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