Peer Pressure
What is the difference between a high school and middle school environment?
High school students are more experienced and tend to be bad influences
What is alcohol poisoning?
A serious-and sometimes deadly- consequence of drinking large amounts of alcohol in a short period of time
What does BAC stand for?
Blood Alcohol Content
If you ride with a drunk driver who is at fault?
Both the passenger and the driver
Name one way to avoid peer pressure.
Healthy relationships with friends that don't drink, stay busy with activities, use parents as an excuse, develop a plan in case someone tries to pressure you, drink a plain soda or juice
Approximately _______ people die annually due to alcohol related causes
88,000
At what level is it illegal and unsafe to drive.
.08%
What do you do if your ride home is intoxicated?
Try to encourage them not to drive, if it does not work then do everything you can to remove yourself from the situation
What are some consequences of peer pressure
Unhealthy habits, distant relationships, toxic behavior, high-risk lifestyle, and distraction from school work
Alcohol is the ____ leading preventable cause of death in the united states
third
At this level, you may be unconscious and your potential for death increases
.30% and over
If an underage child rides with a drunk driver what happens?
The driver is at risk for an, even more, severe charge.
The CDC warns that teens who drink alcohol before the age of ___ are around six times more likely to develop an addiction involving alcohol later in life than those who wait to start drinking until they are of legal drinking age of 21.
15
What are some symptoms of Alcohol Poisoning?
Confusion, Hypothermia, Pale skin/Blue-ish skin, Unresponsive, Abnormal Breathing
What BAC typically causes alcohol poisoning?
.4%
An aggravated DUI could result up to __ years of prison time
2
It is much harder to avoid peer pressure because at this age, it is important to be ________ _________
socially accepted
What are some treatment options for Alcohol Poisoning?
Keep individuals awake, water, recovery position, do not lay on their back, do not make them walk.
After how many drinks could a person with any body weight be possibly intoxicated
1
In 2016, nearly ______ people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes.
11,000