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Addiction: Alcohol



What's at the root of our desire?

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Other members of the animal kingdom are known to enjoy a tipple too. Observations of sozzled elephants and tipsy songbirds have prompted scientists to speculate about why humans are attracted to ethanol and its effects. Ethanol-loving primates may have been rewarded if the alcohol acted as an appetite stimulant, goes one theory.

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