Alcohol
Alcohol intoxication destroys the liver and affects the brain, causing slurred speech, clumsiness, and delayed reflexes. Severe alcohol poisoning can be fatal. A blood alcohol content of .45% in test animals results in a median lethal dose. This means that .45% is the concentration of blood alcohol that is fatal in 50% of the test subjects. That is about six times the level of ordinary intoxication (0.08%), but vomiting or unconsciousness may occur much sooner in people who have a low tolerance for alcohol. The high tolerance of chronic heavy drinkers may allow some of them to remain...
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