Rhetorical universals and speculative drug-policy claims are not findings. PDF168 presents astronaut allegations as confirmed; NASA's2007ASAPreport says its investigation did not substantiate specific preflight-use instances. Absence of substantiation is not proof of impossibility.
A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), Epilogue
The conclusion synthesizes drinking as transition, escape, solidarity, domination and contradiction through recurrent motifs.
Epilogue
Epilogue
Paraphrase checked against supplied PDF. Verified means faithful source attribution, not independent corroboration. Rhetorical universals and speculative drug-policy claims are not findings. PDF168 presents astronaut allegations as confirmed; NASA's2007ASAPreport says its investigation did not substantiate specific preflight-use instances. Absence of substantiation is not proof of impossibility. Crosswalk 2026-09-16: reader locator uses verified chapter/section. Original PDF 166–PDF 168 retained here for internal retrieval; legacy Page field is a PDF position, not printed pagination. No change to claim assessment. Sept28 official follow-up: https://oiir.hq.nasa.gov/asap/documents/2007_ASAP_Annual_Report.pdf
Evidence
The conclusion synthesizes drinking as transition, escape, solidarity, domination and contradiction through recurrent motifs.
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Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), Epilogue. Original paraphrase, not quotation. The private PDF retrieval range is retained in Verification Notes.
Annotation
Rhetorical universals and speculative drug-policy claims are not findings. PDF168 presents astronaut allegations as confirmed; NASA's2007ASAPreport says its investigation did not substantiate specific preflight-use instances. Absence of substantiation is not proof of impossibility.
Verification
Faithful attribution checked; historical truth not thereby established.