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What is a drug?
Any substance other than food that is taken to change the way a body or mind works.
List 5 effects alcohol has on the brain.
Brain damage, memory loss, kills brain cells, and shrinks the brain.
What are the medications most commonly abused?
Opioids, sedatives, and stimulants.
What is the majority of accidents?
Alcohol.
Why is alcohol considered a drug?
Alcohol changes a person's physical and emotional state.
What is BAC?
Where you drink 4-5 drinks in a two hour period.
List 3 effects that alcohol has on the body
Possible answers: Irritates the mouth, throat and stomach. Makes heart work harder, makes liver to work harder, causes dehydration, makes the body lose heat.
How many teens are more likely to use E-cigarettes?
30.7 start smoking within 6 months.
How are skills that you need for driving impaired by alcohol?
Possible answer: slows reaction time, affects your vision, makes you drowsy, reduces your coordination, and affects your judgement.
What is the classification of alcohol?
Depressant
What are the five steps of alcoholism?
Experimentation, Problem drinking, Tolerance, Dependence, and then Alcoholism.
What are the effects on the liver from drinking alcohol?
Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, and Liver cancer.
What is one type of help people can get for drinking alcohol?
Possible answers: Alcoholic Anonymous for alcoholics, Al-Anon for spouses of alcoholics, and Alateen for teens with drinking problems.
What are the two most common groups who fight against drunk driving?
SADD: Students against drunk driving, and MADD: Mothers against drunk driving.
At what BAC level will blackouts, memory loss, and vomiting occur?
.20
What is the difference between DWI and DUI?
DWI is driving while intoxicated, and DUI is driving under the influence.
Possible answers: Unpredictable behavior, Financial problems, violence/ abuse, and neglect.
What is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder?
When you use alcohol during birth.
What is the most common slogan used?
Don't drink and Drive.
What is the legal BAC level if you are 21 or older?
.08
What is the number 1 cause of death for teenagers?
Motor vehicle accidents.
How can drinking effect your future?
Jail, sexual activity, diving or drowning, and teen brains.
What is intoxication?
What are some ways that you can not drink and drive?
Possible answers: ask a friend who is not drunk, call some one, etc...
What is a hangover?
Unpleasant physical effects following the heavy use of alcohol.