Is alcohol poisonous

Answer 1

No, alcohol is not poisonous, because people drink it, but suffer no harm other than a headache. If you drink if every day in large quantities though, it will definitely harm your body and mind.

Answer 2

Yes, because at higher levels it can be poisonous and lethal to the human body. Every year, people die from alcohol poisoning. Example: Binge drinking at college parties. If the alcohol level in the blood exceeds the lethal limit, the person dies. Taken in smaller amounts, the alcohol can be broken down by the liver with no harmful effects. Repeated excessive drinking often causes serious health problems including liver failure.

Answer 3

No, not in drinking alcohol, but that in itself, when drunk in excess, can become a toxic substance to your body causing death.

Other types of alcohol ARE definitely poison and can definitely cause death when drunk.

Answer 4

A poison is something that will kill you if you have too much of it. Alcohol is naturally excreted by yeast to kill off competitors to a sugary food supply. When ingested too quickly into your body, alcohol's toxic nature kills your cells and you can die.

Answer 5

I would say yes - because given the proper quantity it is very harmful or fatal.

Answer 6

Yes it sure is and it will stay like that until they figure out a way to make it not where your liver goes to the dumps.