L. 1: Why is Alcohol Harmful
What is a drug produced by chemical reactions in fruits, vegtables, and grains.
Alcohol
What is the ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately to situations?
Reaction Time
A disease characterized by scarring and eventual destruction of the liver.
Cirrhosis.
A process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect.
Tolerance
A return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop is called?
relapse
Teens who drink are most likely to fall behind in what?
What is the legal intoxication number.
0.08
Alcohol poisoning can eventual leading to damage in the ________
Brain.
What is one of the five major symptoms or alcohol
-Denial
-Craving
-Loss of control
-Tolerance
-Physical Dependance
What is a way to help stop drinking (there are 4 answers you only need 1)
Admission
Counseling
Detoxification
Resolution
What are some risks that alcohol cause.
Social Problem, depression, Suicidal thoughts, and violence. If you said any of these you are correct.
Alcohol makes many people __________.
Agressive
How many people have been killed in alcohol related crashes?
16,000
What is the first stage
Drinking to relax
This non profit group teachers families and friends about alcoholism. What is it called?
Al-Anon
Alcohol is the cause of hundreds of traffic deaths each year. How many is that?
One Third
__________ of all domestic violence cases are related to alcohol abuse.
Two-Thirds
39%
How much money does underage drinking cost society.
5 billion Dollars
What three things can alcohol damage in a teens health.
Mental, Social, and Emotional
Are their more or less teens drinking in the U.S.
Less. There are not that many teens who underage drink in the U.S.
The calories in alcohol can cause unwanted what?
Unwanted Weights Gain.
What consequences can binge drinking cause
Long term
What are one of the four stages of alcohol abuse
Failure to fulfill major work
drinking when it is dangerous
Having alcohol problems
Continuing to drink after a negative relationship
What strategy should you use that was discussed in lesson 2.
S.T.O.P