Alcohol addiction 1
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Why are teens more susceptible to Alcohol
Because there brain is still developing
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How old are you when your frontal lobe is completely developed
around age 25
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What is the effect of Alcohol on the cerebellum
1. Loss of balance and fall over
2.difficulties with standing and walking
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What happens when Alcohol hijacks the brain
It replaces the essential needs with alcohol and drugs
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True or false we lose 174 people a day to Alcohol
True
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What are at least three effects of Alcohol
1. Slurred speech
2. Poor judgement
3. Confusion
4. Slowed reaction time
5. Worsened motor performance
6. Blurry vision
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What part of your brain takes the longest to develop
Frontal lobe
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What part of your brain does Alcohol effect first
Frontal lobe
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What are two factors that help stay away from alcohol
1. Risk factors
2. Protective factors
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True or false 18 million people are addicted to Alcohol
False
20 Million
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How can someone become addicted
1. To fit it in with others around them
2. Ease the pain of a traumatic experience
3. Mental health issues
What years is are brain be renovated
Teenage years
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What is the effect of Alcohol on the Frontal lobe
1. Makes you feel relaxed
2.Reducing your inhibitions
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What are some factors of why some people get addicted while others don't
1. Genes
2. Age of first use
3. drug availability
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Examples of protective factors to help stay away from Alcohol
1. Talking with a adult/parent
2. Programs that improve self control
3. Limiting availability
4. Increase attachments to your communaity
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What is the three differences between really liking something or a addiction
1. Obsessive thoughts
2. Felling like you can't stop
3. Continuing to use or do that horrible thing
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How long does substance abuse cause in your brain
Lasting changes
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What is the effect of Alcohol on the hypothalamus
Blocks the hormone that tells the kidney to reabsorb water
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What is the effect of Alcohol on the hippocampus
It effects the transfer of information, long term or short term memory loss
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How can drugs and alcohol effect the brains normal functions
Targeting its web of neurons and synapses
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What are the two parts of a teenagers brain that is mostly effected
1. Prefrontal lobe
2. Hippocampus
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What does the hippocampus do in your brain
1. Learning
2. Memory focus
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What percent does alcohol decrease in the hippocampus
10%
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What does the prefrontal lobe do in your brain
1. Planning
2. Judgement
3. Decision making
4. Impulse control
5. Language
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Which teens have a small prefrontal lobe Teens who drink Vs. Teens that don't
Teens that do drink