Alcohol Facts
Teens and Alcohol
Drinking and Driving
Effects of Alcohol
100
the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages
What is ethanol?
100
the age at which you can first drink alcohol without breaking the law
What is 21?
100
the number of teens who are killed in the United States each day in alcohol-related motor vehicles crashes
What is 11?
100
physical and mental impairment resulting from the use of alcohol
What is intoxication?
200
periodic excessive drinking
What is binge drinking?
200
the leading cause of death among teens in the U.S.
What is driving while intoxicated?
200
the number of Americans who, in the past decade, have died in car crashes that resulted from alcohol use
What is a quarter of a million?
200
an alcohol related condition in which fat builds up in the liver and cannot be broken down
What is fatty liver?
300
a dangerous toxic condition that occurs when a person drinks a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time
What is alcohol poisoning?
300
a support group for people ages 12 to 20 whose parents, other family members, or friends have drinking problems
What is Alateen?
300
the ratio of legally drunk drivers to the total number of drivers on the road after midnight
What is 1:4?
300
a condition in which liver tissue is destroyed and replaced with useless scar tissue
What is cirrhosis?
400
the group of psychoactive drugs that includes alcohol
What are depressants?
400
the percentage of high school students that have consumed alcohol (more then a few sips) during their high school career (within 10%)
What is 72%?
400
the percent of all teen-involved car crashes that are linked to alcohol
What is 85%
400
the leading cause of mental retardation in the United States
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
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