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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