Social Drinking<\/a>,” (Dudley Ross Spears), I have a question: How did you come up (substantiation for) with your opening statement: “We live in a world where social drinking is accepted by over two-thirds of our entire population”?<\/p>\n\tAnswer:<\/h2>\n
One of the sources I used when writing several articles on drug abuse was\u00a0Charles R. Carroll’s book,\u00a0Drugs in Modern Society<\/em>, Second Edition, William C. Brown Publisher, Dubuque, Iowa, 1989. Especially on page 106. The book was a standard textbook at Western Kentucky University when my daughter was a student there. I don’t know if the book is yet in print. You might check Amazon\u00a0or just Google to find it.<\/p>\nHope this helps,<\/p>\n
Dudley Ross Spears<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: I’m an addictions counselor. Having recently read your article “Social Drinking,” (Dudley Ross Spears), I have a question: How did you come up (substantiation for) with your opening statement: “We live in a world where social drinking is accepted by over two-thirds of our entire population”? 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