Ativan and alcohol effects include, among other things, decreased respiration, low blood pressure, confusion and disorientation, and intense intoxication. Mixing Ativan and alcohol, two strong depressants, will immediately slow how quickly the body takes in oxygen.
Patrick Calhoun was a giant of a man in his sonâs eyes. One evening the young John Calhoun watched his father ride home from a legislative session in Charleston much like he always did, but this night Patrick Jr. was leading a slave straddled on a horse behind him.
In the decades leading up to the Civil War, people had strong feelings about slaveryon both sides. Calhoun defended slavery and states rights as a congressman, senator, secretary of war, secretary of state, and vice-president. Calhoun was born in 1782 on a small cotton farm. Growing up, he saw how wealthy slave-holding plantation owners became.