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  • Excessive alcohol use has immediate effects that increase the risk of many harmful health conditions. These immediate effects are most often the result of binge drinking and include the following: Alcohol poisoning, a medical emergency that results from high blood alcohol levels that suppress the central nervous system and can cause loss of consciousness, low blood pressure and body temperature, coma, respiratory depression, or death.
  • Family, twin, and adoption studies have implicated the hereditary nature of alcohol dependence; the most current findings are showing that neurotransmitter receptors in the brain for serotonin and other chemicals such as GAZA are somehow involved in a tendency towards alcoholism.
  • A fetus exposed to alcohol can experience damage which can be long lasting and severe, ranging from mental retardation to heart damage.
  • A study that was conducted by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has reported that for every dollar spent on treatment of alcohol dependence, seven health care dollars are saved.

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