Alcohol Facts
Americans that reported drinking in the last year.
What is 170 Million Americans?
Binge
What is for a man, having five or more alcoholic drinks at a single sitting; for a woman, having four or more drinks at a single sitting.
What is a chronic, progressive, potentially fatal disease characterized by impaired control of drinking, a preoccupation with alcohol, continued use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distorted thinking–most notably denial?
What is Alcoholism?
A substance that can become a gateway for drug use & abuse.
What is Alcohol?
Alcohol causes greater changes in the brain and causes this when enough is drank in any individual.
What is intoxication?
Due to law & health, people under this age should not drink alcohol.
What is 21?
BAC
What is Blood Alcohol Concentration; The amount of alcohol in the blood, expressed as a percentage?
A cluster of serious physical and mental defects linked with alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
What is fetal alcohol syndrome disorders (FASD)?
Youth that drink alcohol encounter this more often than others.
What is alcohol poisoning?
If someone drinks large amounts of alcohol in a short period of time, they're at risk for this.
What is alcohol poisoning?
While there are many alcohol drinkers, few are alcoholics but many still drink.
What are excessive drinkers?
Absorption
What is the passage of substances into or across membranes or tissues?
The supervised removal of a poisonous or harmful substance (such as a drug) from the body; a therapy for alcoholics in which they are denied alcohol in a controlled environment.
What is detoxification?
According to a study, 8% of this age group binge drank in the past month.
What are 16-17yr olds?
15% of all super bowl ads were for this substance.
What is alcohol?
A typical reason why adolescents choose to drink.
What is social conformity?
FAE
What is Fetal Alcohol Effects; a milder forms of FAS, including low birth weight, irritability in newborns, and permanent mental impairment as a result of the mother’s alcohol consumption during pregnancy?
A need for markedly increased amounts of alcohol or a drug to achieve the desired effect or a markedly diminished effect with continued use of a substance.
What is Tolerance?
Anger, irritability, poor grades & erratic behavior are just a few of the signs.
What is teenage drinking?
Each year, approximately this many people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking?
What is approximately 5,000?
Students that spontaneously stop drinking?
What is early cessation, natural reduction, natural recovery, or spontaneous recovery?
Alcohol Use Disorder
What is a problematic pattern of alcohol use leading to significant impairment or distress?
Slows the function of the central nervous system
What is depressant?
Frequent drinking, especially binge drinking as a teenager can lead to this as an adult.
What is alcoholism?
These groups have a higher prevalence of drinking than other students on college campus.
What are fraternity and sorority members, athletes, and vigorous exercisers?