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Alcohol and Alcoholism Advance Access published online on November 5, 2009
Alcohol and Alcoholism, doi:10.1093/alcalc/agp077
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Medical Council on Alcohol. All rights reserved

Book Review

Drugs, Intoxication and Society. By Angus Bancroft

; Polity Press, Cambridge, 2009. £15.99. 220 pp. ISBN 978-0-7456-3546-0

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To slip the bounds of dour sobriety

Intoxication has been ‘embedded in evolution’ since ancient man discovered the attraction of fermented fruit. The subsequent search for chemicals that will enhance pleasure and performance and reduce anxiety and worries has burgeoned with mankind’s . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Alex Paton

Retired Physician


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