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August 1971

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The Laboratory Drunks

Drs. C. F. Essig and R. C. Lam of the NIMH Addiction Research and Clinical Research centers in Lexington, Ky., [gave] liquor to beagles. When the ethanol administration was stopped after two months, some of the dogs had convulsions and one appeared to be hallucinating, apparently eyeing invisible objects and snapping at them.

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