Blog - Wigmore on Alcohol

Published on: August 23, 2014

Alcohol is a depressant drug and, as such, at high enough blood alcohol concentrations can cause dea...

Updated on: August 11, 2014

“Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink” (Isaiah 5:...

Updated on: August 11, 2014

In my 49th blog (posted November 3rd, 2013), the effect of acute tolerance to alcohol (first describ...

Updated on: August 11, 2014

In 1919, Sir Edward Mellanby (1884 – 1955) published his monograph, “Alcohol, Its Absorption int...

Updated on: August 11, 2014

The title of this blog is taken from the title of the brilliant review paper on the psychological an...

Updated on: August 11, 2014

This blog is the second in a series entitled Trials of a Forensic Toxicologist. These musings provid...

Updated on: August 11, 2014

Nothing brings the tragedy of drunk driving into closer perspective than the anniversary of the Exxo...

Updated on: August 11, 2014

What do the following people have in common? Malcolm Lowry Dylan Thomas James Joyce Flann O’Brien ...

Updated on: August 11, 2014

We all know…or at least have heard…about the, often times, colossal failure that results...