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Why alcohol can hit harder on a plane

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Two plastic cups of awful airplane cabernet basically hit your bloodstream like a full bottle on land. Because airplanes are pressurized to simulate an altitude of roughly 8,000 feet, there is less oxygen efficiently circulating in your blood. This mild hypoxia makes your brain sluggish before you even take a sip, meaning alcohol hits your system with alarming, unearned intensity.

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