PS268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Liquor Control Board Of Ontario, Alcoholic Drink, Diuretic
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The history of alcohol: early days. Started with beer, then wine, then distilling: the last couple of centuries. By the mid 1800s people were drinking more alcohol than any other beverage has to do with impurity of the water. Drunk all the time- behaviour reflected this. Why did the prohibition end: not taxable. It didn"t work because people still wanted it. 3 basic categories of alcohol: beer, 4. 5, wine, 12-14, distilled spirits, 40-50% Organic material with sugar content-> ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide. Alcohol content = proof: proof = 2x alcohol concentration, british army custom. Pour a solution of alcohol and water on gunpowder. > 50% alcohol gunpowder will ignite this is 100% proof that the solution is at least 50% alcohol. How much are people drinking: complicated answer, canadians rank relatively low, a small number of people consume the vast majority of alcohol- 20% of the population drink 80% of the alcohol.
