During this period, Simenon's familiarity with nightlife, prostitutes, drunkenness and carousing increased. Narcosis produces a state similar to drunkenness (alcohol intoxication), or nitrous oxide inhalation. Themes covered included binge drunkenness and casual sexual intercourse. In Thailand, drinking alcohol is fairly common, even drunkenness. More minor offences included drunkenness and defiance of authority. Puritans publicly punished drunkenness and sexual relations outside marriage. Harsh punishments could be expected for offenses such as mutiny or drunkenness on duty. Irish Catholic immigrants were blamed for spreading violence and drunkenness. Verlaine had bouts of suicidal behavior and drunkenness. The latter were especially associated with gambling, crude language, drunkenness, and lewd behavior. Drunkenness and wife beatings were also common. Black youths were overrepresented in all offense categories except DUI, liquor laws and drunkenness. The regulations included an official ban on floats, alcohol, drunkenness and nudity. In the 1960s, he was occasionally incarcerated for drug use, public drunkenness, and spousal abuse. Hanka has fallen into drunkenness and shame.