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.
Calhoun was the seventh vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. He resigned to fill a South Carolina Senate seat. He was the first vice president to resign from office. Along with two other powerful senators, Kentucky senator Henry Clay and Massachusetts senator Daniel Webster, Calhoun was a part of the Great Triumvirate.