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- 1. Dan Mattson 10/30/09 Well Choices Alcohol:Some Thoughts
- 2. Excessive alcohol consumption contributes to more than 4,600 deaths among underage youth, that is, persons less than 21 years of age, in the United States each year. Binge drinking by adults is a strong predictor of binge drinking by college students living in the same state. More than 90% of adult binge drinkers are not alcohol dependent.
- 3. A standard drink is equal to 13.7 grams (0.6 ounces) of pure alcohol or 12-ounces of beer. 8-ounces of malt liquor. 5-ounces of wine. 1.5-ounces or a “shot” of 80-proof distilled spirits or liquor (e.g., gin, rum, vodka, or whiskey
- 4. How Alcohol Effects Us: The Biphasic Curve
- 5. How Alcohol Effects Us: The Biphasic Curve