Alcohol Facts
This is the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages.
What is a ethanol?
The age at which you can first drink alcohol without breaking the law.
What is 21?
The number of teens who are killed in the United States each day in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes.
What is 11?
Physical and mental impairment resulting from the use of alcohol.
What is intoxication?
Periodic excessive drinking of 5+ drinks in one sitting.
What is binge drinking?
The leading cause of death among teens.
What is driving while intoxicated (under the influence)?
The number of Americans who, in the past 10 years, have died in car crashes that resulted from alcohol use
What is 250 million?
An alcohol-related condition in which fat builds up in the liver and cannot be broken down.
What is "fatty liver?"
A dangerous, toxic condition that occurs when a person drinks a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time
What is alcohol poisoning?
A support group for people ages 12 to 20 whose parents, other family members, or friends have drinking problems.
Why is Alateen?
The ratio of legally drunk drivers to the total number of drivers on the road after midnight.
What is 1:4?
A condition in which liver tissue is destroyed and replaced with useless scar tissue.
What is cirrhosis?
The group of psychioactive drugs that includes alcohol.
What are depressants?
The approximate number of problem drinkers in the United States between the ages of 14 to 17.
What is 5 million?
The number of all teen-involved car crashes that are linked to alcohol.
What is 85%?
The leading cause of mental retardation in the United States.
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
The body organ that is most often damaged by alcohol.
What is the liver?
This Georgia Law requires that all teens under the age of 21 participate in driver's training.
What is Joshua's Law?
This is the BAC when the first visible signs of alcohol are evident.
What is a 0.02 BAC?
These body process expedite the distribution of alcohol throughout the body.
What are circulation and metabolism?