L. 1: Why is Alcohol Harmful
What kind of drug is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains
Alcohol
What is the ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately called?
Reaction Time
What disease is has scaring that eventually turns into destruction of the liver
Cirrhosis
What is a progressive, chronic, disease involving a mental and physical need for alcohol?
Alcoholism
What is a gathering in which family and friends get the problem drinker to seek help called?
Intervention
Ethanol alcohol is produced by a chemical reaction that is called what?
Fermentation
What does B.A.C. stand for?
Blood Alcohol Content
What percent of teen pregnancies were using alcohol?
1/3
What is a physical or physiological need for a drug?
What is it called when someone returns to the drug after attempting to stop called?
Relapse
What age is it legal to start drinking in America?
21
What is it called when a person's mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol?
Intoxication
Does alcohol disrupt the brain?
Yes
What is the process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect is called what
tolerance
Recovery starts only after the alcoholic doesn't make a commitment to never drink again. True or False
False
What are other ways of thinking or acting called?
Alternatives
Are males or females more affected by alcohol?
Females
How does heavy drinking affect the heart
It makes the heart enlarged and weakened
Someone is in what if they are having a hard time believing they have a problem?
Denial
What is the physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance called?
Detoxification
What is the drug that slows down the body's reaction time called?
Depressants
People who are very highly intoxicated are at risk for what?
Alcohol poisoning
What happens when a person drinks reguarly?
Damaged organs
What is it called when a person is unable to limit his or her drinking called?
Loss of control
Teen drinking can damage teen's physical, mental/emotional, and social health. True or False
True