Alcohol Abuse and Addiction
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Date
2020
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The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies
Abstract
Alcohol is a substance that people have consumed from time immemorial. Numerous examples from ancient literatures and myths allude to alcohol consumption as a part of cultural celebrations. In some societies rituals and ceremonies were not complete without alcohol use. However, “enduring alcohol consumption and the passing down of this habit through generations does not adequately explain why alcohol is consumed” (Freeman and Parry 2006). What certainly have changed over the
years are the patterns of alcohol use. Available evidence suggests that the quantity of alcohol consumed is far greater today than in earlier times (Freeman and Parry 2006). The 2004 World Health Organization (WHO) estimate of the people who consume alcohol around the world stands at two billion (World Health Organization 2014).
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Alcohol · Alcohol abuse · Addiction · Alcoholism · Drunkenness
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Omona, D. A. Alcohol Abuse and Addiction.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74336-3_515-1