Lesson 3: Addiction And Physical Health - Slide  7

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Alcohol Abuse And General Physical Health

  • Alcohol plays a role in:
  • Diabetes
  • Inflammation of the pancreas
  • Internal bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract
  • Weakening of the heart
  • High blood pressure and stroke
  • Alcohol is harmful to the fetus in developing pregnancies

Notes:

NIDA InfoFacts: Science-Based Facts on Drug Abuse and Addiction Preface, “Alcoholism, the facts,” Donald W. Goodwin, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000

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