Why is Alcohol Harmful?
These are drugs that slow down the body's functions and reactions.
What are depressants?
This organ breaks down alcohol.
What is the liver?
This is what FAS stands for.
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
This is a physical or physcological need for a drug.
What is addiction?
This is a return to a drug after attempting to stop.
What is relapse?
This kind of alcohol is a beverage.
What is ethanol alcohol?
This is the ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately to situations.
What is reaction time?
This is the consumption of a large quantity of alcohol in a very short period of time.
What is binge drinking?
This is how many stages of alcoholism there are.
What is four?
This is to refuse to admit that someone has a problem with alcohol.
What is Denial?
This is a popular phrase that tells people how to avoid underaged drinking.
What is "just say no"?
True or False: a BAC of 0.8 is the minimum amount of alcohol requried to be legally intoxicated
False; it's 0.08
This is what DWI stands for.
What is Driving While Intoxicated?
True or False: Teens under 15 are 4x more likely to addicted to a drug that older individuals.
True
This is what AA stands for.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous?
True or False: 1/5 of all teen traffic deaths are related to alcohol.
False; it's 1/3
The liver breaks down this percent of alcohol ingested.
What is 95%?
True or False: People who drink alcohol are more likely to develop brain cancer.
False; it's mouth and/or throat cancer.
This is the number of people that are alcoholics or have an alcohol abuse problem.
What is 14 million people?
This was the first advocacy group mentioned in the book.
What is "SADD" (Students Against Destructive Decisions)?
What is 0.02?
True of False: 1/3rd of unplanned teen pregnancies involve alcohol.
These are three of the five major symptoms of alcoholism.
What are Denial, Craving, Loss of Control, Tolerance and/or Physical Dependence?