>> Smart girls drink more? A study finds that “higher intelligence scores at age 10 may be associated with higher levels of alcohol intake and alcohol-related drinking problems during adulthood,” especially for girls.
>> Drunk girls lose more brain cells than drunk boys? A study says females are more prone to brain damage from alcohol abuse than males. However, this study was only done on mice.
>> Drinking while armed = bad idea for sheriff’s deputies. LA County Sheriff Lee Baca now wants to crack down. “Since 2004, more than a dozen sheriff’s deputies have been involved in incidents in which they were accused of displaying or shooting a gun while under the influence of alcohol.”
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Um… smart girls have more brain cells to lose?
Comment by Beth Terry — November 12, 2008 @ 12:35 am
Smart girls drink more…lol..I have to tell that to my sister. She thinks that I drink too much..so that is the reason. But really one beer and one rum and coke is not too much..lol
Comment by Jamie — November 12, 2008 @ 6:42 am
Beth — The first 2 points really do seem connected :P Feminist theories of eating disorders / depression / drug addiction in women often discuss how women may either resort to / be attracted to / fall into these things b/c the world (esp. in the past) doesn’t like / reward smart women –
Comment by Siel — November 12, 2008 @ 10:14 am
haha wow, love this. smart girls drinking more? i should remember this.
Comment by katelin — November 12, 2008 @ 1:40 pm