Short Term Effects
Binge Drinking & Alcohol Poisioning
Long Term Effects
Drinking & Driving
Underage Drinking Problems/Stats
100
True or False: Slurred speech, drowsiness, and headaches are all short term effects of alcohol.
What is True? http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/alcohol/short-term-long-term-effects.html
100
True or False: When someone drinks too much and gets alcohol poisoning, it affects the body's involuntary reflexes.
What is true? http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/binge-drink.html?WT.ac=ctg#kha_21
100
True or False: Chronic alcohol abuse affects every major organ in the body.
What is True? http://www.dualdiagnosis.org/alcohol-addiction/long-term-health-risks/
100
Every __ minutes, a person is injured in a drunk driving crash.
What is two? http://www.madd.org/drunk-driving/about/drunk-driving-statistics.html
100
True or False: Alcohol kills more teenagers than all other drugs combined.
What is True? http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/alcohol/international-statistics.html
200
True or False: A low dose of alcohol can create a relaxing effect.
What is True? http://www2.courtinfo.ca.gov/stopteendui/teens/resources/substances/alcohol/short-and-long-term-effects.cfm
200
Combining alcohol and steroids can cause ____ _____.
What is liver damage? http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/binge-drink.html?WT.ac=ctg#kha_21
200
True or False: High blood pressure, heart disease, headaches, liver disease, and digestive problems are all long term effects of excessive alcohol use.
What is False? http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/alcohol-use.htm
200
Every day in America, another __ people die as a result of drunk driving crashes. A. 27 B. 15 C. 32 D. 24
What is A. 27? http://www.madd.org/drunk-driving/about/drunk-driving-statistics.html
200
Youth who drink are 7.5 times more likely to use other illegal drugs and __ times more likely to use cocaine than young people who never drink.
What is 50? http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/alcohol/international-statistics.html
300
A high dose of alcohol can cause ____ ____ as a short term effect. A. brain damage B. alcohol poisoning C. stomach ulcers D. liver disease
What is B. alcohol poisoning? http://www2.courtinfo.ca.gov/stopteendui/teens/resources/substances/alcohol/short-and-long-term-effects.cfm
300
True or False: Alcohol poisoning is not the most life-threatening consequence of binge drinking.
What is False? http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/binge-drink.html?WT.ac=ctg#kha_21
300
Long term alcohol abuse is responsible for ___ disease-related deaths. A. 1,400 B. 1,300 C. 1,200 D. 1,100
What is A. 1,400? http://www.dualdiagnosis.org/alcohol-addiction/long-term-health-risks/
300
True or False: The legal limit of blood alcohol concentration is .08.
What is True? http://www.madd.org/drunk-driving/about/understanding-08.html
300
In 2005, 6.6% of the US population aged __ or older, or 16 million people, reported heavy drinking. A. 18 B. 12 C. 16 D. 21
What is B. 12? http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/alcohol/international-statistics.html
400
__% of violent crimes occur under the influence of alcohol due to short term side effects altering the brain.
What is 40? http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/alcohol/international-statistics.html
400
Studies show that people who binge-drink throughout high school are more likely to be overweight and have high blood pressure by the time they are __. A. 25 B. 26 C. 30 D. 24
What is D. 24? http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/alcohol.html?WT.ac=ctg#
400
Long term effects of alcohol can include brain cells to ___, decreasing brain mass.
What is die? http://www2.courtinfo.ca.gov/stopteendui/teens/resources/substances/alcohol/short-and-long-term-effects.cfm
400
Each day, people drive drunk more than 300,000 times, but only about ___ are arrested. A. 5500 B. 3200 C. 1000 D. 4600
What is B. 3200? http://www.madd.org/drunk-driving/about/drunk-driving-statistics.html
400
people aged 12 to 20 years drink __% of all alcohol consumed in the United States. A. 36 B. 4 C. 23 D. 11
What is D. 11? http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm
500
A short term side effect of alcohol is ____ brain activity. A. increased B. faster C. slowed D. normal
What is C. slowed? http://www2.courtinfo.ca.gov/stopteendui/teens/resources/substances/alcohol/short-and-long-term-effects.cfm
500
Heavy binge drinking includes three or more such episodes in __ week(s). A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
What is B. 2? http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/binge-drink.html?WT.ac=ctg#catalcohol
500
Alcohol can cause lower levels of ___ and vitamin B, causing anemia. A. vitamin C B. sodium C. calcium D. iron
What is D. iron? http://www2.courtinfo.ca.gov/stopteendui/teens/resources/substances/alcohol/short-and-long-term-effects.cfm
500
Drunk driving costs the United States ___ billion a year. A. $132 B. $147 C. $98 D. $43
What is A. $132? http://www.madd.org/drunk-driving/about/drunk-driving-statistics.html
500
True or False: On average, underage drinkers consume less drinks per drinking occasion than adult drinkers
What is False? http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm
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