Word: alcoholisms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prison/freedom imagery runs throughout the play, with Cider finding in violence freedom from what he calls "the prison" of alcohol, and Mare (and later Cathy) finding in prostitution freedom from economics imprisonment...
PREFECT INSTRUCTIONS boil down to series of don'ts. Don't date your freshmen. Don't do drugs with your freshmen. Don't give your freshmen alcohol--but don't make them stop drinking either. Don't give your freshmen academic advice because that is the proctor's role...
...Alcohol and drugs are the catalysts which release the passions just beneath the surface of the Tyrones' happy facade. In their attempts to anaesthetize themselves against pain, the Tyrones ultimately vocalize truth, as the safe routine of daily life is stripped bare by the solitude of night. Long Day's Journey Into Night also challenges the uniquely American emphasis on ambition and moneymaking as the driving forces of life, asking the question, At what price is the American dream achieved...
FIVE YEARS in small-town Idaho taught me two things: 1) underage greasers and rednecks will always be able to buy alcohol, and 2) the highway is where they'll drink it. In light of this, the government's connection of highway funds to raising the drinking age always seemed a little sinister to me. This federal blackmail, I figured, must be a plot to accelerate human roadkills--take away stationary place to drink, then provide more highway space on which to go drinking and driving. With natural selection fading out of vogue, the government must have thought this...
Illicit drug use by teenagers last year was 3% lower than in 1985. The ! number of students using cocaine showed a modest overall decline, though frequency of use -- especially of crack -- has grown. For legal drugs, the numbers are more disturbing. Nearly two-thirds reported prior-month use of alcohol, and 19% admitted to being daily cigarette smokers -- a small drop for the smokers and virtually no change for the drinkers...