Alcohol Is A Drug
is a drug that slows brain and body reactions.
What is Depressant
Is a period of time that the drinker cannot recall.
What is a Blackout?
A disease of the liver in which it becomes filled with useless scar tissue which may lead to liver failure.
What is Cirrhosis
The skills needed to say no are sometimes referred to as
What is Refusal Skills
is a chemical substance that is taken to cause changes in a person's body or behavior.
What is a Drug?
Is the state in which a person's mental and physical abilities are impaired by alcohol or another substance.
What is Intoxication?
A group of birth defects caused by the effects of alcohol on an unborn child.
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
students face stiff consequences, starting with the first time they are caught with alcohol or other drugs.
What is Zero-tolerance policy?
Is the amount of alcohol in a person's blood, expressed as a percentage.
What is Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
A disease in which people can no longer control their use of alcohol
What is Alcoholism
microorganisms called yeast feed on the sugars in foods such as malted grains, grapes, or berries.
What is Fermentation?
A term used to describe the after effects of drinking too much alcohol.
What is Hangover?
The brain develops a chemical need for alcohol and cannot function normally without it.
What is Dependence
three major factors that influence underage drinking
What are influence of peers, family, and the media?
Taking an excessive amount of a drug that leads to coma or death.
What is Overdose?
A group of symptoms that occur when a dependent person stops taking a drug.
What is Withdrawal?