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Alcohol

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Alcohol is a depressant that impairs judgment, coordination, and memory formation in proportion to blood concentration.

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Blackouts occur when concentration rises fast enough to block hippocampal encoding while the person stays conscious.

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Initial talkativeness looks stimulating and is disinhibition. The direction of the drug's effect never reverses.