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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Pharmacologial Hand Grenade

Here's an interesting perspective on beverage alcohol:

"Substances such as cocaine and LSD work like pharmacological scalpels, altering the functioning of only one or a handful of brain circuits. Alcohol is more like a pharmacological hand grenade. It affects practically everything around it."
Stephen Braun in Buzz: The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine

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