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Topic: Booze

Close-up of carving on wood, Patrai, Greece (De Agostini via Getty Images)

The alcoholic civilization hypothesis

Troy Farah
Man rejects a drink at the pub (Getty Images/cagkansayin)

How alcohol changes the body and mind

Troy Farah
(Getty/gilaxia)

It's a White Claw summer, like it or not

Ashlie D. Stevens
A photo of the author in college

How did I get home last night?

Sarah Hepola
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Beer's magical chemistry

Joanna Rothkopf
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-163082765/stock-photo-a-glass-of-alcoholic-drink-a-cell-phone-and-a-handgun-over-a-wooden-table.html?src=M1EFJ-69jweGwL7t5BW3wQ-1-1'>Carlos Caetano</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Gun nuts' alcohol debacle

Heather Digby Parton
(AMC/Frank Ockenfels)

Jenny Kutner
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1256674p1.html'>Jeremy Brinn</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Jodie Gummow - Alternet
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