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23 June 2006

Street names: Booze, brew, juice hooch, liquor, beer, wine or the product brand names Hard Facts About Drugs, by the Christian Life Commission & Baptist General Convention of Texas →[More:]

post by: penguinbukkake at: 10:36 | 11 comments

Alcohol: Ethyl Alcohol, Ethanol

Drug group: Depressant

Street names: Booze, brew, juice hooch, liquor, beer, wine or the product brand names

Appearance: Liquid

Packaging: Bottles and cans

Method of use: Oral

Paraphernalia: Flasks and fake IDs

Duration: 4-12 hours

Dependence: Moderate to high

Possible effects: Relaxation, decreased alertness, impaired coordination, euphoria, mood swings, blurred vision, altered perceptions, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. Chronic use damages the brain, liver, and digestive tract; extended use results in high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes, ulcers, colitis, muscle cramps, sleep disturbances, and cirrhosis of the liver.

Other facts: Alcohol is the number one gateway drug. Alcohol is burned by the body at the rate of 1/2-ounce per hour, and nothing speeds this process. A 12-ounce can of beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine, and a 1/2-ounce glass of hard liquor all contain the same amount of alcohol.

posted by penguinbukkake 23 June | 10:37

Possible effects: Loving you, man. Wanting to show them all. Thinking the waitress is totally hot. Being really able to go for an all day breakfast right now. Kareoke

posted by Capn 23 June | 10:41

Possible Effects: Going to the toilet a lot. Having a fight with your best friend for no good reason. Waking up cheerful and then slowly remembering all the stupid things you did the night before.

posted by seanyboy 23 June | 10:52

/me starts a game of "show us your Dingle"

posted by trondant 23 June | 10:53

Paraphernalia: Beer Belly. England Shirt. Enough money in your pocket for a kebab and a taxi

posted by seanyboy 23 June | 10:53

Bookmarked as a handy pre-generated shopping list.

posted by chewatadistance 23 June | 11:26

Back in junior high, we did a whole drug and alcohol unit where they taught us the names for everything, what they looked like, what they did. It was really useful and helped make me a more informed consumer.

posted by jrossi4r 23 June | 11:51

As former casual drug user, knowing what the drugs did and what the side effects were was a great benefit. I had a lot of questions and i wanted to make sure I wasn't entering into anything without a fair and balanced assessment of what the drug did. I wanted to be sure they weren't addictive, or killed you in high doses, as well as what it felt like. I think this helpped.

posted by joelf 23 June | 11:57

If I ever POOF became a land developer and did a suburban community, I think it'd be cool to name the streets Booze, Brew, Juice, Hooch, Mickey's Big Mouth, Liquor, Beer, and Wine.

posted by rainbaby 23 June | 14:03

I went as a journalist to the Southern Baptist's convention in San Antonio one year (not the national convention where they vote on whether to grill or deep fry gays, but a local one where they teach you how to be a Baptist) because they were doing a class on how to run a truck stop chapel.

I guess that's pretty much the end of the story.

Oh, that, and The Baptist Standard is still one of my favorite things to read.

Oh, and here's a list of booze names that might be important to you if you live in Alaska.

posted by mudpuppie 23 June | 14:26

"Juice hooch"???? I've never heard that combination before, but maybe they're hung over and forgot a comma. Also they missed the bit about how much better people look the more you drink.

posted by Zack_Replica 23 June | 16:30

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