intoxication

What does fetal alcohol syndrome have to do with intoxication?

There are tonnes of studies into the effects of physical and social context on alcohol intoxication.

However, no resisting charge was ever filed -- I was only charged with misdemeanor public intoxication, to which I pled no contest.

> In these states, > the victims intoxication negates the element of consent, thereby > showing that the sexual act occurred without consent.

The limits are arbitrary because intoxication effects people differently.

If people haven't read 1984 recently they should give it another go.> But always do not forget this, Winston always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler.

It's relatively well-documented that sleep deprivation has effects similar to those of alcohol intoxication, but coming in to work drunk is a firing offense, while working to the point of sleep deprivation is regarded as heroic.

Then, when the homeless people inevitably did drugs or were publicly intoxicated in the camp, the police came in and started arresting people left and right for drug possession, intoxication, etc. this did a fantastic job of breaking up our local protest.

Given the name of any drug, you can provide the corresponding disorder - in this case, "caffeine intoxication disorder", or "marijuana abuse syndrome"[1]The problem with the new wording is that it encourages over-diagnosis of mental disorders.

Some anthropologists believe that the natural state\n of man up until a hundred years or so ago was\n intoxication, it just wasn't spelled out as clearly \n in the literature, mainly because it wasn't unusual.\n\nThere's quite a bit of literature out there about this.

However, I will point out that it kind of seems like it assumes a uniformity of violence, whereas empirically speaking you always have at least one person who is just seriously dangerous either due to intoxication or mental issues combined with large stature/strength.

I had a similar experience, and honestly, I have been afraid to go to City Hall and speak to the elected officials I have personally met many times because I fear that my initial arrest for public intoxication while standing outside a bar which I planned to take a cab home from, smoking a cigarette, was retaliation for participating in protests, and that I will be retaliated against worst.