L. 1: Why is Alcohol Harmful
It is illegal for anyone under the age of __ to use alcohol.
21
Once alcohol reaches the brain, it slows ________ ____
What does FAS stand for?
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Teens 15 and younger are _ times more likely to become addicted than older individuals.
a) 18
b) 21
c) 15
c) 15
Withdrawal only happens to a person with very severe symptoms.
True or False
False
What type of drug is alcohol?
Depressants
If the amount of alcohol a person drinks is more than what his or her body can tolerate, the person becomes _________.
a) an alcoholic
b) intoxicated
c) tolerance
b) intoxicated
Teens who experiment with alcohol also risk becoming binge drinkers.
True or False
True
What is tolerance?
The process in which you body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect
What are refusal skills?
the skills which help a person abstain from dangerous activities when being peer pressured
What is the chemical reaction that ethanol alcohol is produced by?
Fermentation
What is a person's mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol?
Intoxication
a condition in which fats build up in the liver and cannot be broken down
fatty liver
People who are addicted to alcohol suffer from _________.
a) binge drinking
b) alcoholism
c) addiction
b) alcoholism
a) never
b) always
c) sometimes
a) never
What are other ways of thinking or acting?
Alternatives
If a person has a BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) of 0.08 percent he or she is considered ________ intoxicated.
legally or illegally
legally
On average, someone is killed in a crash involving alcohol every __ minutes.
a) 28
b) 34
c) 31
c) 31
There are _ stages of alcoholism.
a) 8
b) 2
c) 4
c) 4
a return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop
relapse
Alcohol is the cause of hundred traffic accidents. What is the percentage or fraction of all teen traffic deaths?
There is ways to tell how a person will act when alcohol is in his or her body.
True or False
False
What are ulcers?
sores that cause bleeding
175.9 billion dollars
What are the steps along the road to recovery?
The steps include admission, counseling, detoxification, and resolution