Alcohol/Summary

Main article: Alcohol

Psychoactive class: Depressant

Chemical class: Alcohol

Oral

• Thresh				Common				Heavy
  10	-	10	-	20	-	30	-	40	g
  		Light				Strong

• • Total: 1.5 - 5 hours
  • Onset: 2 - 5 minutes
  • Come up: 15 - 45 minutes
  • Peak: 30 - 90 minutes
  • Offset: 45 - 120 minutes
  • Afterglow: 6 - 48 hours

Harm potential

• • Extremely addictive with a high potential for abuse
  • Death from ethanol consumption is possible when blood alcohol levels reach 0.4%

Tolerance

• • Full tolerance is reached develops with prolonged and repeated use
  • Decreases to half after 3 - 7 days
  • Returns to baseline after 1 - 2 weeks
  • Cross-tolerance with all GABAgenic depressants

Physical effects

• • Stimulation
• • Appetite suppression
  • Pain relief
  • Respiratory depression
  • Sedation
• • Dehydration
  • Difficulty urinating
  • Dizziness
  • Frequent urination
  • Headache
  • Increased blood pressure
  • Increased bodily temperature
  • Increased perspiration
  • Nausea
  • Physical fatigue
  • Respiratory depression
  • Skin flushing
  • Temperature regulation suppression
  • Temporary erectile dysfunction

Visual effects

• • After images
• • Pattern recognition suppression
  • Visual acuity suppression

Cognitive effects

• • Cognitive euphoria
  • Compulsive redosing
• • Empathy, affection and sociability enhancement
  • Increased libido
  • Increased music appreciation
• • Anxiety suppression
  • Disinhibition
  • Focus suppression
  • Memory suppression
  • Sleepiness
  • Suggestibility suppression
  • Thought deceleration

Auditory effects

• • Auditory acuity enhancement
  • Auditory acuity suppression

See also

• Responsible use
• Summary index
• Subjective effect index
• Psychoactive substance index