True or False: Alcohol is not as addictive as drugs.
False / Alcohol is just as addictive or easily to get addicted to as drugs.
True or False: Drinking alcohol when pregnant can cause miscarriage or stillbirth.
True / Drinking alcohol when pregnant could also cause birth defects or complication.
Vision Google Challenge:
Walk a straight line, walking heel to toe and hands by your side. Then turn around and come back.
How did you do?
Drinking can create a higher risk for depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem?
True or False
True
This is the legal age minimum for sale of alcohol
What is 21 Years Old
True or False: Alcoholism can be passed down through generations.
True, Studies show children who’s parents have an Alcohol use disorder (AUD) are at higher risk for also developing a AUD.
When a person begins drinking before age 15, they are much more likely to become a long-term drinker, or problem drinker?
Yes or No
Yes, about 1 in 5 teens are considered problem drinkers who begin using alcohol prior to 15.
If the design for a can of alcoholic beverages is colorful and fun, does it promote alcohol to young people?
Yes / This is a deliberate marketing technique to associate alcoholic content with fun and youth
Use of alcohol greatly increases the risk of teen suicide?
Yes, yearly 300 teens are involved in a alcohol related suicide.
Vision Googles Challenge:
Put on the Vision googles and shoot 2 baskets.
How did you do?
Vision Googles Challenge:
Put on the Vision googles and take a piece out of the Jenga game and place it on top without knocking it over.
How did you do?
Drinking alcohol in adolescence may have significant effects on brain function?
True/False
True, the earlier people start drinking alcohol, the more likely they are to experience a measurable impact on learning ability, memory, and school performance.
Is a commercial showing a group of young looking, happy people drinking hard seltzer at an outdoor party, dancing, and having fun, does it promote alcohol use in young people?
Yes / These type of ads directly correlate alcohol with youth and fun
People with depression and anxiety might use alcohol to help ease symptoms or to use as a coping skills?
Yes, but excessive alcohol use can also worsen your mental health and lead to an alcohol use disorder.
BONUS QUESTION!!!!!!!! (Worth a prize if you answer correctly!)
Providing a minor alcohol can land you these legal consequence? Give 2 answers
Fines to possible prison sentencing.
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a medical condition that impairs the person's ability to stop or control their alcohol use, despite social, employment, or health consequences?
True/False
True, Alcohol use Disorder is a brain disorder, and can be mild, moderate, or severe.
This is the result of drinking large amounts of alcohol in a short period of time, which requires medical attention.
A. Hangover
B. Alcohol poisoning
C. Alcohol intoxication
B. What is Alcohol Poisoning
Vision Googles Challenge:
Put on the googles and write your full name on a piece of paper.
How did you do?
Why do you think that Alcoholism is referred to as a family disease?
The effects of addiction are rarely limited to the person with the addiction. Everyone around him or her is affected in some way.
True or False: After the drinking age minimum limit was raised to 21 from 18, 16 percent of all automobile accidents were lowered
True
In 2022, how many Americans aged 12 and older battled an alcohol use disorder?
A. 500,000
B. 5 million
C. 29.5 million
C, What is 29.5 Million
Vision Googles Challenge:
Put on the Vision googles and try to make the faces on the cards as fast as you can.
How did you do?
True or False: Advertising for alcohol does not need disclaimers about safety risks
False: Alcohol companies are required to place disclaimers, usually as simple as ‘Drink Responsibly’.
Is alcohol is a depressant?
Yes, it can disrupt the balance of neurotransmitters (chemical messengers) in your brain and affect your feelings, thoughts, and behavior.
BONUS QUESTION!!!!!!!! (Get a prize if you answer correctly)
What is the RI Social Host Law?
It is against the law for a host to “permit” an underage person to consume alcohol or to charge others for drinking without a liquor license.