PSYCH 162 Study Guide - Final Guide: Boogie 2Nite, Designated Driver, Bioavailability
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04/27 - lecture 10 - alcohol history - important for understanding why a drug is illegal. History of alcohol use systematic production of alcohol coincided with growth of agricultural society. Mead may have been the 1st alcohol that was made. 8000 bce - beer containers dated back to the stone age. 1650s - british in barbados discovered that distilled spirits (rum) could be made from molasses, a byproduct of sugar production rum spread to colonies - one of the largest industries. When distilled spirits were introduced in brain in late 1600s, consumption of gin rapidly grew to epidemic proportions. 1684 - 1742 consumption went from 0. 5 million g/yr to 19 million g/yr (about 3 times the amount per capita that is drunk today) 1830s - religious and moral zeal tied to condemnation of drinking and smoking in the us alcohol consumption equated with moral decline and sinfulness alcohol consumption decreased precipitously.
