There is no free ride for the brain when it comes to alcohol.
Richard Sima
Alcohol is one of the most popular drugs in the world, with millions enjoying the buzz produced by a cocktail of pharmacology and social ingredients.
The 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that almost 80 percent of Americans older than 12 years of age reported that they had had at least some alcohol at some point in their lives.
But there is “no free ride in the brain,” said George Koob, the director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at the National Institutes of Health.
