Legal in the Western World, alcohol is the most used psychotropic drug,
regardless of age group or socio-economical make up.

Presentation

• Drinks containing different alcoholic contents, from cider to highly concentrated liquors..

Modes d'administration

Desired effects

• Social,
• Euphoria, to relax and break the ice,
• Sedation and anxiolytic.

Unwelcomed effects

• Physical and psychological dependency,
• Loss of equilibrium and slow reflexes,
• Dehydratation,
• Difficulty speaking,
• Agression,
• Mental confusion and decreased vigilance,
• Hypertension and cardio-vascular deseases,
• Loss of conscience and coma,
• Liver desease, cirrhoses.

association with the benzodiazépines enhances the health risks.