What are three types of drinking Alcohol?
Beer, Liquor and Wine
1 can beer, 1 glass of wine and 1 shot of liquor?
They are all 1 standard drink or they all contain the same amount of alcohol
What does alcohol do to the brain?
Depresses it or blocks chemical messages
Most teens drink alcohol
False
created by fermenting some fruits and grains
What is alcohol
What is one serving of liquor?
1.5oz or 44ml
Teens who are alcohol dependent do worse in school and in sports.
TRUE
Alcohol affects women and men the same.
FALSE women contain less water and more fat than males
Drinking excessive amouts of alcohol in a very short time
What is binge drinking
Binge drinking is 4-5 or more drinks in a sitting
TRUE
Needing more of the substance to get the same high
What is tolerance?
How much alcohol can the body eliminate in an hour?
1 standard drink
Drinking a potentially lethal amount of alcohol in a short time
What is alcohol posioning
Gender, age, body weight, how fast they drank
What are factors that influence how alcohol affect a person.
Teens who start drinking by 15 are 4x more likely to become addicted.
TRUE-this is because the adolescent brain is still developing.