Facts
Alcohol Poisoning
Driving
Effects
AUD
100

What is the most commonly abused substance?

Alcohol

100

Dangerous condition when someone drinks large amounts of alcohol in a short period of time and starts to impact your breathing, heart rate, body temperature and gag reflex.

Alcohol Poisoning

100

What BAC % makes it illegal to drive: 

0.08%< BAC

100

The organ where the alcohol is broken down:

Liver

100

What are signs of addiction to alcohol?

Increased use of alcohol, drinking more to get the same effect, ignoring responsibilities, using alcohol alone, spending more money, finding it hard to be happy without alcohol, thinking about drinking all the time, trying to quit or cut back and not able to do so, drinking in irregular times of the day/week

200

What is the intoxicating ingredient in alcohol?

Ethyl

200

What do you do when someone has drank too much, passed out and not responding?

Call for medical help

If responding:

Turn them on their side

Stay with them

Alert a parent or adult

200

The measure of the amount of alcohol present in a person's body

Blood Alcohol Content or BAC

200

How does alcohol effect the brain and nervous system

Slurred speech, vision is blurred, individual has difficulty walking

200

What is drinking in a manner that causes problems in a person's life called?

Alcohol Abuse

300

Alcohol is this type of substance.

Depressant

300

What impacts your level of intoxication?

Body size

Gender

Time frame

Amount

Food

Medicine

300

Accidents, including occurring from alcohol, remain the number one death of teens aged 16-25.  True or false?

True

300

DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY SCARRING AND EVENTUALLY DESTRUCTION OF THE LIVER (hardening of the liver cells)

Cirrhosis

300
Teens who start drinking at this age, are more likely to develop addiction.

15

400

How much can your liver process in 1 hour?

1 oz of alcohol

400

Drinking 4-5 alcoholic drinks in a short period of time (<2 hours)

Binge drinking

400

Alcohol has a wide variety of effects. In the brain, it triggers the release of ___________, a neurotransmitter that’s associated with pleasure and satisfaction.

Dopamine

400

A group of alcohol related birth defects.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

400

Process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect 

Tolerance

500

A standard drink equals: 

12 oz of beer

5 oz of wine

1.5 oz of liquor

500

Name 2 symptoms of alcohol overdose:

Mental Confusion, Difficulty remaining conscious, vomiting, seizures, slow breathing, slow heart rate, clammy skin, dulled responses, low body temperatures, etc.

500

Why is it so dangerous to drive while under the influence of alcohol?

Poor judgement

Slowed reaction time

Reduced coordination

Impaired vision and hearing

500

How long does it take for the brain to react to alcohol?

6 min

500

A person who regularly consumes alcohol who has two or more of the following signs and symptoms within a period of one year may be diagnosed with AUD:

  • Consuming alcohol in greater quantities or for longer than planned
  • Unsuccessful attempts to reduce or manage alcohol use
  • Expending a lot of time acquiring, using, or recovering from alcohol
  • Feeling compelled to consume alcohol
  • Alcohol use recurrently hinders ability to successfully complete important tasks at home, work, or school
  • Continuing alcohol use despite problems it causes in interacting with others
  • Foregoing or limiting participation in important activities at home, work, or school
  • Repeated use of alcohol in physically dangerous circumstances (e.g., while operating a motor vehicle)
  • Continuing to use alcohol despite knowing that it is the cause of or exacerbates mental or physical problems
  • Developing tolerance to alcohol, meaning that greater quantities of alcohol are required to become intoxicated
  • Experiencing symptoms of withdrawal if alcohol use is stopped, or consuming alcohol to alleviate symptoms of withdrawal
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