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What is Alcohol?

• There are two kinds of alcohol. Ethyl alcohol is the kind present in beer, wine, spirits (hard liquor like rum, whiskey, etc.), and liqueurs. This alcohol is called beverage alcohol.
  Methyl alcohol is completely different and is found in solvents, paint removers, antifreeze and other household and industrial products. Methyl alcohol is a poison and should never be drunk.
• Alcohol comes in various forms: beer, wine, coolers, ciders and distilled spirits or "hard liquor."
• Many people don’t think of alcohol as a drug, but it is.
• Beer, hard liquor and wine all contain different amounts or concentrations of Ethyl alcohol.
• A glass of wine, a bottle of regular beer and a standard “shot” (1.5 ounces) of hard liquor all have the same amount of alcohol

• Alcohol in your body
• Reasons people use alcohol
• Alcohol, Just The Facts