Nikolai Tippin. People's misconceptions and scientific truth about alcohol (№ 303880)

Everyone agrees that abusing alcohol is impossible, because the obvious alcoholics give to others is instructive and a sad example of the destructive action of alcohol, but the so-called "moderate" consumption of alcohol is not generally considered harmful, and, unfortunately, sometimes it is even useful. This occurs mainly that any other poisons, for example, carbolic acid, corrosive sublimate, etc., people known as poisons because they after ingestion cause pain, heavy feeling and a General breakdown of the body, which may result in death depending on the amount of poison, alcohol, same, poisoning and destroying an organism, first, not only does not cause pain or other unpleasant sensations, but, on the contrary, pleasure is intoxicating and makes for him the impression of tidal forces, i.e., in other words, deceives the drinker.