When Mark Twain said “Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting”, perhaps one thing he didn’t anticipate will happen when alcohol is taken in excess is its harm to the brain, liver, heart, ones”s social standing and even violence as water scarcity has often led to.
It has been suggested that Ghanaians are on the verge of alcoholism, after a report estimated that 40 million gallons of the volatile local gin called ‘akpeteshie’ are consumed annually. Particularly worrying is its insidious use by dissenting students to wreak havoc …