BIOL 4309 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Isopropyl Alcohol, Carbon Dioxide, Psychoactive Drug
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The worst: its chronic use that damages the individual, his family, and society. Many people don"t consider alcohol as a drug, like caffeine, it"s the most commonly used psychoactive drug and is the most abused drug. Alcoholism have the same features of drug addiction and its symptoms such as drug dependence. Alcohol comes in three forms, though similar structures, they have different uses: methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol. Has a simple chemical structure but is highly toxic if consumed. The metabolites of methyl alcohol include formic acid and formaldehyde. Drinking this causes: blindness, coma, and death. Commonly used as: fuel, antifreeze, and an industrial solvent (industrial alcohol) Has only two c atoms, a complement of hydrogens, plus the -oh group. Has a small molecular side chain that changes its characteristics and makes it most useful as: rubbing alcohol or disinfectant.
