L. 1: Why is Alcohol Harmful
What is the legal age to drink alchol?
21
True or False: There is a way to tell how people would act while being intoxicated?
False
True or False: Drinking alcohol regularly leads to a number of serious health problems?
True
People who are addicted to alcohol suffer from?
Alcoholism
Recovery starts only after the alcoholic makes the?
Commitment to never drink again
What is a drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains?
Alcohol
What is a measure of the amount of alcohol present in a persons blood?
Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)
A disease characterized by scarring and eventual destruction of the liver is called?
Cirrhosis
Persons who create an atmosphere persons who create an atmosphere in which the alcoholic can comfortably continue his or her unacceptable behavior are called?
Enablers
The physical and psychological reactions that occur when someone stops using an addictive substance is called?
Withdrawl
How does a depressant affect the body?
It slows down the body's functions system
People who are heavily intoxicated are at risk of?
Alcohol Poisining
The most serious damages of alcohol is to the?
Liver
Teens 15 and younger are how many more times likely to become addicted than older individuals?
4 times
when an alcoholic is recovering there is a chance he or she may?
Relapse
How many teen traffic deaths are related to alcohol?
One-third
How much alcohol can cause the liver to break down?
95%
People who are DWI are likely to die in a?
fatal crash
True or False: Alcoholism and alcohol abuse are the same thing?
False
you have to learn that alcohol can damnage a teen's?
physical, mental/emotional, and social health
Ethanol alcohol is produced by a chemical reaction called?
Fermentation
How much of a BAC percentage does it take to be considered legally intoxicated?
0.08
teens who experiment with alcohol also risk becoming?
Binge drinkers
How many stages of alcoholism are there?
4 stages
Staying alcohol free involves knowing how to say?
No to high-risk situation