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Short Term and Long Term ethanol drug effects. / 0.05 and over
The Long Term Health Effects of Alcohol - Diagram
Intermittant Explosive Disorder/ Amygdaloid Syndrome/ Ethanol Rage
Death by 'Act of Grog' - 16 yr old
Effects of Alcohol use and abuse
- The short term effects of ethanol drug use and abuse include:
feeling happy and relaxed
▪ less concentration and slower reflexes 
▪ less inhibitions and more confidence
▪ less co-ordination and slurred speech
▪ intense moods (e.g. sad, happy, angry)
▪ confusion
▪ blurred vision
▪ poor muscle control
▪ nausea and vomiting
▪ sleep or coma and possibly death.
The effects of long term, regular use of alcohol could include:
- Heart: - high blood pressure, irregular pulse, enlarged heart.
- Lungs: - greater chance of infections, including TB.
- Muscles: - weakness, loss of muscle tissue.
- Liver: - severe swelling and pain, hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer.
- Brain: - brain injury, loss of memory, confusion, and hallucinations.
- Nervous System: - tingling and loss of sensation in hands and feet.
- Skin: - flushing, sweating and bruising.
- Stomach: - inflamed lining, bleeding and ulcers.
- Intestines: - inflamed lining, ulcers.
- Pancreas: - painful inflammation, bleeding.
- Male Sex Organs: - impotence, shrinking of the testicles, damaged and less active sperm.
- Female Sex Organs: - greater risk of gynaecological problems, damage to foetus if pregnant.
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The effects of alcohol are felt on the body within a few minutes after being swallowed: http://www.somazone.com.au/mainframe.html?/data/questions/drugs.jsp And they still call this drug a drink? 
On the brain – alcohol slows down or block’s the brain’s functions, e.g. reducing tensions or inhibitions; making you feel relaxed or excited; slowing reaction times, slowed movement and co-ordination.
On the pituitary gland – alcohol changes the body’s balance, e.g. leaving you feeling dehydrated and with a headache.
On the gut – alcohol irritates the lining of the gut, e.g. diarrhoea.
On the pancreas – alcohol can cause the pancreas to become inflamed, e.g. drinking alcohol may cause severe pain and an unpleasant reaction to alcohol in the future.
On the heart – alcohol affect heart rate, blood pressure, contraction of heart muscles and blood pumping, e.g. irregular heart rhythms, raised blood pressure, shortness of breath, heart failure.
On sleep function – alcohol can reduce the quantity and quality of your sleep.
On sexual functioning – alcohol can especially affect male sexual functioning, e.g. not being able to gain and/or maintain an erection.
0.00 BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration) to 0.50 BAC
- Lowered Inhibitions
- Some loss of muscular co-ordination
- Decreased alertness
- Reduced social inhibitions
- Impaired ability to drive
- Increased loss of co-ordination
- Slowed reaction time
- Clumsiness, exaggerated emotions
- Unsteadiness
- Hostile or aggressive behaviour
- Slurred speech
- Severe intoxication
- Inability to walk
- Confused
- Incapacitated, loss of feeling
- Difficult to arouse
- Unconciousness
- Coma
- Death from organ failure or poisoning (alcohol is toxic and becomes 8 times more toxic after it enters the body).
http://www.chemcases.com/alcohol/alc-07.htm
Intermittant Explosive Disorder/Amygdaloid Syndrome / Ethanol Rage
http://www.minddisorders.com/Flu-Inv/Intermittent-explosive-disorder.html
Definition.....
Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is a disorder characterized by impulsive acts of aggression, as contrasted with planned violent or aggressive acts. The aggressive episodes may take the form of "spells" or "attacks," with symptoms beginning minutes to hours before the actual acting-out. Other names for IED include rage attacks, anger attacks, and episodic dyscontrol.
Description....
Intermittent explosive disorder was originally described by the eminent French psychiatrist Esquirol as a "partial insanity" related to senseless impulsive acts. People with intermittent explosive disorder have a problem with controlling their temper. In addition, their violent behavior is out of proportion to the incident or event that triggered the outburst. Impulsive acts of aggression, however, are not unique to intermittent explosive disorder. Impulsive aggression can be present in many psychological and nonpsychological disorders. The diagnosis of intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is essentially a diagnosis of exclusion, which means that it is given only after other disorders have been ruled out as causes of impulsive aggression. Patients with IED believe that their aggressive behaviors are justified; however, they feel genuinely upset, regretful, remorseful, bewildered or embarrassed by their impulsive and aggressive behavior. IED is characterized by violent behaviors that are impulsive as well as assaultive. One example involved a man who felt insulted by another customer in a neighborhood bar during a conversation that had lasted for several minutes. Instead of finding out whether the other customer intended his remark to be insulting, or answering the "insult" verbally, the man impulsively punched the other customer in the mouth. Within a few minutes, however, he felt ashamed of his violent act. (.....We've all read about this on a regular basis in the newspapers, or heard it on the news, or seen it personally in or outside one's local ethanol drug dealing and consumption establishments - buzzwords 'pub', 'club,' 'nightclub,' 'bistro,' and 'restaurant'). While many patients with IED blame someone else for causing their violent outbursts, they also express remorse and guilt for their actions. (...unfortunately, many do not learn from this and they go and do it again. Abuse begets abuse). IED is apparently a rare disorder. (....However, ethanol drug induced IED is now a regular occurrence, not just by men but more and more by women. It's called ethanol rage or amygdaloid syndrome - "to lose control of one's rage and emotional responses, through the poisoning of the amygdala, the emotional centre of the brain). Patients with IED are often diagnosed with at least one other disorder—particularly personality disorders, substance abuse (especially alcohol abuse) disorders, and neurological disorders. If the patient appears to be intoxicated by a drug of abuse or suffering symptoms of withdrawal, the doctor may order a toxicology screen of the patient's blood or urine. Specific substances that are known to be associated with violent outbursts include phencyclidine (PCP or "angel dust"), alcohol (the drug, ethane hydroxide, also called ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol) , and cocaine. (.....The word 'toxicology' contains the word TOXIC. Just like the word inTOXICation. These - Phencyclidine, ethane hydroxide, and cocaine hydrochloride - are poisonous drugs). Symptoms
Death By Act of Grog.....
Note: Accidental death is usually ruled, "An Act of God". However, when Drug Lords and Governments call a drug, (proven to be on par with heroin/di-morphine - according to the International Criteria of harm) - a 'drink' and they do not release any of the warnings that should be associated with any drug, whether or not it's disguised by 'buzzwords', it is no accident - it is a Neglect of Care, Act of Manslaughter.
Latest statistics state that we lose 6,000 Australians a year through an 'Act of Grog'....and even way more in countries of larger populations i.e. USA, and UK.
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/binge/a/teen_death.html
Julia Gonzalez
The initial autopsy was inconclusive. Then the coroner's office received the toxicology report. Gonzalez's blood-alcohol content at the time of her death was a whopping 0.52 -- more than six times the legal limit for adult intoxication in California. (Remember, the word intoxication contains the word TOXIC).
Julia Gonzalez died of acute alcohol poisoning. The coroner ruled her death accidental.
16 Drinks in an Hour (160 grms of the drug ethane hydroxide)
One pint of whiskey would be the equivalent of having 16 drinks in one hour.
Gonzalez, who lived with her grandmother, was last seen Dec. 29, 2007, leaving her house with friends who were apparently headed out to have a good time (on a drug she and her school friends were taught was a 'drink'. Water, cordial and juice are drinks. Ethanol is a liquidised drug), during the final few days of their Christmas break from school.
Friends Did Not Call for Help
"This investigation has been hamstrung from the start because we can't find anyone willing to say they were in Julia's company while she was consuming alcohol or intoxicated -- even from a witness standpoint," Detective Brandon Bertram said.
Apparently, Julia's friends have abandoned her in death just as they did on the night she died. That is why Julia Gonzalez died. When she got into trouble that night -- drinking (abusing the drug ethanol)entirely too much, too quickly -- and began to exhibit symptoms of acute alcohol poisoning, her friends did not call for help.
Way Too Common Binge Drinking Story
Or more often, everyone is underage and drinking illegally and are hesitant to call for help. The legal consequences of underage drinking pale in comparison to a friend losing her life because no one called 9-1-1. (Again proving that fear and phobia are having negative and dangerous consequences when it comes to drug consumption. But one only has to look at prohibition of selective drugs of choice to see this for what it is. Even adults who take a buzzword 'illicit' drug and experience negative consequences of it, or their friends have experienced negative consequences of it, are fearful and hesitant to call for help. Ethanol, to an underage person, is also an 'illicit' drug, (even if it is advertised and advocated constantly to underage consumers by those who also tell them and adults to 'Say no to illicit drugs only), and therefore they are fearful of getting 'into trouble').
Symptoms of Acute Alcohol Poisoning
- Mental confusion, stupor, coma, or person cannot be roused
- Vomiting
- Seizures
- Slow breathing (fewer than eight breaths per minute)
- Irregular breathing (10 seconds or more between breaths)
- Hypothermia (low body temperature), bluish skin color, paleness
And they still call this drug a drink?
Call For Help, Save a Life
If your drunk friend cannot be aroused, is breathing too slowly and is cold to the touch, call for help immediately. If they are vomiting, stay with them, don't leave. Yes, it's unpleasant, but staying could save a life.Try to keep them sitting up. If you can't keep them upright, make sure they are laying on their side with their head turned to one side. Watch for signs of choking.
Do not give them anything to eat or drink to try to sober them up. Don't put them in a cold shower. The only thing that will sober someone up is time.
Most importantly, if you have a friend who has had way too much to drink (too much ethanol drug consumption) and is experiencing any of the symptoms above, call 9-1-1.
It could be a matter of life or death. (Again proving this drug is on par with heroin, even though it's advocated and advertised like juice.
Sources:
National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Facts About Alcohol Poisoning July 2007.
The Modesto Bee. "Huge amount of alcohol killed teen, coroner says" March 20, 2008.
