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1.) “13 Good Lowering Drinking Age to 18 Statistics.” HRFnd, 16 Feb. 2015, healthresearchfunding.org/13-good-lowering-drinking-age-18-statistics/. This website has several statistics to go along with the pros and cons of lowering the drinking age, some of these statistics supported what was said in the article so it provided good evidence.

2.) Chiappetta, Annie. “Should Drinking Age Be 18?” ABC News, ABC News Network, 14 Apr. 2005, abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=667917&page=1. In the article the writer mentions certain peoples opinions on lowering the drinking age, the website that I have cited has an elaborate interview with many people on how they feel about lowering the drinking age, and this website can be used to fight the pros and cons of the drinking age.

Jasminbarrows11 (talk) 18:31, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Liver, even more so

Don't misunderstand me. The brain is of course affected by alcohol.

As long as one is to use a superlative, however, the organ most affected by alcohol is in fact the liver. Animals, including humans, evolved livers specifically to deal with exogenous (meaning, external in origin) poisons, including alcohol among many others. (The list also include most other drugs of abuse, actually.) Anyway, since it primarily deals with poisons and that's what it evolved for, the liver takes the brunt of alcohol (or many other poisons). All bodily organs are affected, but the liver takes the full force of the effects. The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 09:00, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Irrelevant trivia about Australia removed

I've removed the following content from the lead as it has little bearing on this topic. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:53, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"A survey of Australian university students demonstrated that they and other students witnessed blackouts during parties with alcohol consumption and around 75% of students stated that they left these students to sleep off the effects. Australian programs responded to this by training students in how to avoid dangerous encounters when in situations of alcohol consumption.^[1]"

References

^ Stockwell, Tim (July 2006). "Alcohol supply, demand, and harm reduction: What is the strongest cocktail?". International Journal of Drug Policy. 17 (4): 269–277. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.10.007.

Epidemiology section needs an update

In the first paragraph of this section, the last two sentences are worded as if the statistics quoted are currently relevant. However, the source is a scientific study published in 2004, twenty years ago, and cites numbers going back to 1984, forty years ago.

I don't know much about this subject, but I wanted to point out how old this data is so that hopefully someone with more knowledge can add current statistics, plus revise the text if necessary. 2600:100A:B1CF:2C38:0:10:3E51:5201 (talk) 22:26, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Stockwell, Tim (July 2006). "Alcohol supply, demand, and harm reduction: What is the strongest cocktail?". International Journal of Drug Policy. 17 (4): 269–277. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.10.007.

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