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374. Trial, Error, and Adventure | Eric Edmeades

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

CHAPTER

The Effects of Alcohol on Green Monkeys

My dad says there were two causes of his alcoholism. He found that again, half a beer would take the edge off before his lectures. Alcohol is an extraordinarily pernicious drug. It can turn perfectly good people into quite the impulsive and dim-witted monsters. 50% of murders take place in an alcohol-fueled environment. If you give people that massive boost of sugar and then suppress their inhibitions, that's going to happen.

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