L. 1: Why is Alcohol Harmful
What is a drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains.
Alcohol
What has happened if someone's mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol?
Intoxication
inhibition
a process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect.
Tolerance
The physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance
detoxification
The legal age to consume alcohol is __
21
At what percentage of BAC is it considered dangerous to drive?
0.08
When using alcohol, people are more likely to..
Say or do things they usually wouldn't
there is an estimation of about ________ Americans being alcoholics
14 million
The start of a recovery always begins with..
admission, or admitting his/her problems
Most teens ______ drink alcohol
Do not
How does alcohol affect the brain?
alcohol effects memory, speech, judgement, vision, and hearing.
In 2005, over ______ people were killed in alcohol related crashes
16,000
Alcoholism is considered to be a...
disease
The last step of recovering from alcohol is..
Resolution
_____ of all teen traffic deaths are related to alcohol
1/3
Alcohol reaches the brain within ____ after being consumed
30 seconds
Two life threatening symptoms of drinking alcohol are...
Cirrhosis and Fatty Liver
underage drinking costs society more than _________ dollars a year
50 billion
Withdrawal has serious side effects when trying to recover, a few are..
Teens who stay alcohol are better able to handle the challenges of ________
everyday life
Alcohol poisoning can be compared to be like a ______
Drug Overdose
Alcohol destroys _______, which do not grow back like others do
brain cells
Teens 15 and younger are _______ more likely to become addicted than older individuals
4 times
When trying to seek help and can't get themself to do it, they may..
deny their problem and relapse