Word: alcoholic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Oteri case, which opened Sept. 17, will run three weeks and feature testimony from about 30 expect witnesses, who will file into court one by one and tell Chief Justice G. Joseph Tauro that marijuana is no more harmful that cigarettes or alcohol, that it is non-addictive, and that it doesn't lead to crime or the use of stronger drugs...
Setting the Limit. Campbell points out that the A.M.A. has concluded that, "A blood alcohol concentration of .05% will definitely impair the driving ability of some individuals. At a concentration of .10%, all individuals are definitely impaired." The recommended statutory limit "defies common sense," writes Campbell, by being set at a level where even a chronic alcoholic's driving ability is seriously hampered...
...much alcohol in the blood is a practical limit for someone who is driving? Campbell says .05%. In Norway, where drinking is a factor in only 5.7% of serious accidents, that has been the legal limit since 1926. How much can a person drink before his blood alcohol level reaches .05%? Campbell cites an Australian experiment in which ten prominent citizens drank two glasses of white wine, two glasses of red wine, a glass of port, and a brandy or liqueur before, after and during a four-course dinner. In eight out of the ten, the blood alcohol stayed below...
...Alcohol is absorbed rapidly into the bloodstream. Its most pronounced physiological effects are on the brain. When the blood contains .05% ethyl alcohol, the result is depression of the uppermost level of the brain, compulsiveness and a loss of inhibitions: .10% can affect the lower, motor area of the brain, impairing control of the body: .20% may cause an individual to need help walking; .30% can make him fall into a stupor...
...population problem above all from the moral point of view. What can we say of the frequent incest; of the primitive sexual experiences; of the miserable treatment of children; of the terrible proliferation of prostitution of children of both sexes; of frequent abortion; of almost animal union because of alcohol ic excesses...