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How can alcohol effects the heart, and why does beat fast when we are normally drunk?

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Alcohol: Most of us aren't normally drunk. They call it intoxicated because you are poisoned. Alcohol in drunk doses poisons the heart and brain and other tissues.

Answered 4/4/2013

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