Chapter 17: Alcohols and Phenols C O O H H sp3 alcohol pKa~ 16-18 phenol (aromatic alcohol) pKa~ 10 Alcohols contain an OH group connected to a saturated carbon (sp3) Phenols contain an OH group connected to a carbon of a benzene ring O H C C H C C O chemistry dominated by the keto form 76 enol keto H O H R O H R O R R O O R’ water alcohol R S H ether R S R peroxide R S S R’ thiols thioether disulfides
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ALCOHOL ABUSE Health Education May 21st ‚ 2014 Citations "National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism." Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Detroit: Gale‚ 2014. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 May 2014. "Alcohol Abuse and Addiction." Alcohol and Tobacco: America ’s Drugs of Choice. Detroit: Gale‚ 2006. Information Plus Reference Series. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 May 2014. "Drunkard Attacks Wife." Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources. Ed. K. Lee Lerner
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Alcohol and College Students Excessive drinking by college students has become a social phenomenon in which College students do not acknowledge the health risks that are involved with their excessive drinking habits. Furthermore‚ college students do not know enough about alcohol in general and what exactly it does to the body or they do not pay attention to the information given to them. There needs to be a complete saturation on the campuses‚ with the help of businesses and the media‚ expressing
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Alcohol Annotated Bibliography. Introduction. This Annotated Bibliography has been developed in co-ordination with an Alcohol Poster presentation‚ with the aim of elucidating the dangers alcohol has on a person’s health and wellbeing. The author chose alcohol as a topic‚ as it is well-known to be dangerous but in contrast it is readily available for people to purchase. Alcohol dependency has serious detrimental effects on people’s health and social lives. The World Health Organisation (WHO‚ 2008)
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Running head: ALCOHOL AND WOMEN Alcohol and Women Alcohol and Women Throughout history‚ discussions of and concern about women ’s drinking have commonly been characterized by distortion‚ myth‚ prejudice and stereotyping. Until relatively recently‚ many studies were male-oriented‚ and excluded women. Other studies included both genders but often failed to examine possible gender differences in alcohol consumption‚ alcohol-related behaviours and experiences. "The issue"‚ in this context‚ is
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Joe Bloe Professor I.B Smart BS 131 December XX‚ 2008 Alcohol Abuse in Russia Family Issues Russians drink more alcohol than any other nation in the world. (Halpin‚ 2007‚ p1) The Times of London reports that Russians are currently going on an alcoholic binge even by Russian standards. According to the country’s chief public health officer‚ Gennadi Onishenko‚ Russians are drinking nearly three times as much as they did sixteen years ago. Onishenko’s study was promulgated by the Russian
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Executive Summary Alcohol abuse among young people is a serious issue facing society. The Clarity Foundation has developed a strategy to help address this challenge and through a series of initiatives hopes to change the way young people view alcohol abuse and the associated dangers. From a detailed situation and environmental analysis it became clear there were a number of challenges facing this initiative. The most notable challenges involved the attitudes of young people themselves. To effect
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Alcohol and Adolescents Alcohol has become the easiest drug to obtain for adolescents which has been leading to a life of alcoholism. Even though the legal age is twenty one‚ many teenagers are still finding ways to obtain alcohol. According to some reports kids as early as seven have tasted alcohol. Nearly three million young people between the ages of 14 and 17 “are regular drinkers with a serious alcohol problem” (Kittleson‚ 2005‚ 59). With statistics such as this no wonder younger children
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Alcohol Advertising to Youth Many people are unaware of the prevalence of underage drinking in the United States. Every day in the United States‚ more than 4‚750 kids under age 16 have their first full drink of alcohol. More youth in the United States drink alcohol than smoke tobacco or marijuana‚ making it the drug most used by American young people. Youth who start drinking before the age of 15 are five times more likely to develop alcohol dependency or abuse in their lifetime than those who
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culture Alcohol is a seemingly moderate drug‚ that over the years‚ became a key part of our Australian culture. This essay will examine how our society has turned a blind eye to the dangers of alcohol consumption‚ and in turn disregarding the numerous health issues. The Australian culture has normalised and legitimised binge drinking. It has become an expectation that alcohol is an accepted part of most social occasions. However‚ a society with a drinking culture‚ ignores the impact that alcohol has
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