Alcohol and Date Rape D...

“Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker” – the associations of alcohol with seduction, sex and debauchery, even robbery and rape are historical. Alcohol drinking relaxes inhibitions, the need for social conformity. The “morning after” alcohol drinking, and the...

Alcohol – Danger...

With poly drug use and experimentation alcohol drinkers need to know the dangers of mixing alcohol and cocaine. Cocaine formerly had a reputation for being a clean up-market stimulant drug, favored by people rich, young and healthy, successful high achievers and party goers. In recent...

Alcohol & Social A...

Alcohol is often seen as a cure for social anxiety by making us feel happy, relaxed and in a mood to party. We use alcohol to help us forget our troubles and focus our attention on having a good time. We might feel that the party hasn’t started until we have a drink in our...

Toxins in Alcohol Drink...

Apart from ethanol that has toxic effects, there are to be found in alcohol drinks a range of substances, known as congeners that give alcoholic drinks their flavor and texture and taste. Vodka contains very few congeners and has little taste or flavor. Spirits such as bourbon and dark...

Alcohol and Depression...

A 2002 survey by Statistics Canada shows around 600,000 Canadians, over the age of 15 to be alcohol dependent. In the survey heavy alcohol use is linked to depression – and depression to heavy alcohol use.  see link According to the survey, over 77% of Canadians had drunk alcohol...

Am I an Alcoholic?...

Been arrested for driving over the legal alcohol limit – again? Can’t remember anything you did last night after closing time? Frequently not getting into work on Monday’s? Do you sometimes have a drink first thing in the morning? You don’t need to be smuggling a...

Narconon Canada Steps U...

Drug rehab and drug education non profit redoubles its offensive against drinking and driving in Canada TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec - The drug rehabilitation centre and drug education non profit organization, Narconon Trois-Rivieres, today steps up its anti drink driving campaign with the...

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome:...

Canada, as well as with other countries around the world, is having a problem with fetal alcohol syndrome. This is due to the many teens and/ or young adults abusing alcohol on a regular basis. When a baby is born of an alcoholic, the cost of the care for this infant is phenomenal, thus...

Canada’s Problems Wit...

Canada is experiencing a problem with the teen, as well as the young adult generation in regard to alcohol addiction. As in other places around the world, addiction is beginning at earlier ages than ever before! There are many reasons that this is damaging to economies everywhere, from...

Facts about the Use of ...

The partaking of alcohol began more than 10, ooo years ago. Grapes were squeezed and made into wine; however other alcoholic beverages, such as beer, are thought to go back even farther. Even in the early days, alcohol was known as a cure of ailments. The feeling that it gave individuals...