There's a line of thinking that alcohol may have helped us to do that. It sort of socially disinhibits us just enough to cooperate. For some people, drinking alcohol has some of those kind of social benefits. But when you increase consumption, the number of harmful social consequences increases and the beneficial ones start to decrease.
New national health guidelines in Canada say any amount of alcohol consumption could lead to serious health risks. The guidance comes as more and more young people across Western nations are choosing Canada Dry.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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