3. Is it a food (here information should be discovered as to the
 dangers of nutritional deficiency in connection with large
 amounts of alcohol)
 4. And body warmth
 5. And the nervous system
 6. And the machine age
 7. And the automobile
 8. In medical practice
 9. Moderate use of it
 10. A traffic menace

 C. Mild stimulants: coffee, tea, softdrinks, etc.

 D. Other drugs: cocaine, opium, hashish, marijuana

 This book gives a very fine treatment of the subject under the general
 heading, "Interfering with the Safety Brakes."


10TH GRADE

 Everyday Biology by Curtis, Caldwell, and Sherman. Publisher: Ginn and
 Company, New York, 1946.
 (State Adopted)

 A. Alcohol

 1. Effects of

 (a) on the circulatory system, p. 371
 (b) .on digestion, pp. 514-515
 (c) effects on muscular work, p. 522
 (d) on the nervous system, pp. 428-429

 2. Percentages of alcohol in liquors and patent medicines (it was
 interesting to note that the patent medicines rank between wine
 and whiskey), p. 514
 3. Social implications, p. 523 (one small illustration)

 B. Narcotics, pp. 534-535

 1. Paragraph under narcotics which contains pertinent information on
 all forms of drugs
 2. IMay become a habit through the uses of patent medicine

 C. Tobacco, effects of

 1. In cases of anemia, p. 374
 2. On digestion, p. 515
 3. On respiration, p. 519
 4. Upon the nervous system, pp. 428-429


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