Why Do People Get Drunk?
Journal: Minds at UW (University of Wisconsin)
Year: 2014

sa'adat hasan mantoWhy Do People Get Drunk?* How can one explain why people use substances that make them senseless and drunk, such as wine, beer, tobacco, opium, charas (hashish), ganja (marijuana), and other less common intoxicants, among them ether, morphine, etc., etc.? Why did these intoxicating substances come into vogue?How did the vogue catch on so fast?Why is the use of such inebriants on the rise among both cultured and uncultured people?Why is it that where wine and beer arent sold, o