Intoxication
Intoxication is an impaired mental and physical state caused by drinking alcoholic beverages or taking narcotic drugs.
Sometimes, people in this impaired state act irresponsibly because of reduced inhibitions. The term intoxication is typically used in legal proceedings when some crime was commited during a state of intoxication.
See also drunkenness, stoned, addiction.
Euphemisms
There are a number of euphemisms used to describe the state of intoxication. Among others, these include,
- Wasted
- Hammered
- High
- Loaded
- Stoned
- Smashed
- Snockered
