cruciverbalist wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:26:05 -0400, "Zeppo" > wrote:
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>>I mark it up to the fact that alchohol is a stimulant and let it go at that.
>>Jon
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> Alcohol is a stimulant? Since when?

Initially, alcohol does act as a stimulant, later becoming a CNS
depressant. That accounts for people's behavior, wherein alcohol
consumption leads to louder talk, more vigorous gestures and a reduction
in inhibition, then later to passing out.

Mark Lipton


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