But the proportion of alcohol users is also much higher than the proportion of marijuana users, especially among adults.

According to large Government surveys of alcohol users, only about 15 percent are regular, dependent drinkers.

"I grew up around losers, drug abusers and alcohol users," he said.

Chronic heavy alcohol users report significantly more prospective forgetting compared to low-dose and alcohol-free controls.

Chronic heavy alcohol users reported significantly greater deficits for all three aspects of prospective memory.

The harm was observed in alcohol users classified as occasional as well as regular light, moderate, and heavy consumers.

When a chronic alcohol user stops drinking for more than 10 hours, apoptosis can occur due to excitotoxicity.

This makes it hard to believe that eliminating shelters would persuade many homeless drug or alcohol users to spend their limited funds on renting a room.

Alcohol-related medical problems, especially injuries, occur in the entire population of alcohol users.

For non-chronic alcohol users, acute alcohol consumption had no protective effect.