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... up. There are claims that alcohol helps any to socialize. One also needs to remember that consumption does not only involve the ingestion of alcohol. But also that alcohol is an excellent antiseptic, which is widely used in hospitals and in homes in the cleaning and treatment of wounds and other injuries to prevent infection and in the sterilization of instruments. ASHLI: That may be so, but there are also many negative effects which alcohol has on people's social lives. Because alcohol is extremely miscible in water, it is readily distributed throughout the body in the aqueous blood stream within 10 minutes of consumption, effects of it peak after 40- 60 minutes. The alcohol affects many organs in the body such as the brain. Alcohol in the brain, while, as you said can cause the relaxation people consume it for, it also causes aggressive behaviour among individuals. Approximately 40% of aggressive incidents ...
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