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Young Adults’ Drinking Language Suggests 4 Types of Drinkers
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.“We’re finding that young adults have a wide range of vocabulary they use around drinking, and we should make sure we’re using words that they are using instead of more clinical terms like ‘intoxicated,'” said Dr. Ashley Linden-Carmichael, assistant research professor in the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center.“Even the word ‘drunk’ may not be seen as the highest level of drinking.