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Alcoholism

The alcohol disease (also known as alcohol dependence, ethylism, dipsomania, potomania, drunkenness, alcohol addiction, alcoholism, or alcohol use disorder) is the dependence on the psychotropic substance Ethanol. The mental and/or physical dependence on Alcohol is mostly a social and human problem of the individual, but it also negatively affects their surroundings such as family and work.

Alcoholism - Gin Lane and Handcuff with Glass

Throughout history, there have been various alcohol bans in different forms in individual countries or even in entire cultural areas, such as Islam, which seeks to prevent alcohol abuse or alcohol consumption in principle through strict prohibitions for various reasons. A significant example of the dubious success of AlcoholBans is the Prohibition in the USA from 1920 to 1933.

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