Alcohol is a depressant that reduces the activity in the central nervous system. ... Alcohol decreases the heart rate, lowers the blood pressure and breathing rate which causes slow reflex responses and reaction times. ... As the blood alcohol content rises, the side effects get worse to the point of loss of consciousness or even death due to alcohol poisoning. ... Studies have shown that physical brain damage is closely related to drinking, and is evident even if some of the other long-term effects are not. ... Most high school and college age students are classified as binge drinkers beca...

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