Effects
You can get vomit, have blurred vision, have unhealthy looking skin and have headaches.
How does alcohol affect the body?
Yes, people can be arrested for causing a disturbance or being a nuisance if they are under the influence of alcohol.
Can you be arrested if drunk on the street?
18 years old
How old is the legal age to drink alcohol?
You can feel agressive, or feel very relaxed, take more risks, feel more confident.
If you are smaller and lighter, alcohol is absorbed quickly into your body. If you are larger and heavier, it takes a longer time.
How does size and weight affect how alcohol is absorbed into the body?
Children aged 5 or over can be given alcohol to drink at home but they must be with a responsible adult.
Can children be given alcohol to drink at home?
Eating food slows down how quickly alcohol is absorbed into your body.
Does eating before drinking alcohol affect the speed which alcohol is absorbed into the body?
Women should drink less than men because their body absorb alcohol quicker than men.
Does alcohol affect women differently to men?
No, a child at the age of 14 or under cannot be served alcohol at a public bar (pub), however they can go into the garden or restaurant section.
Can children under the age of 18 go into a pub?
Can you become addicted to drinking alcohol?
A drink that may look like a cocktail, but it does not have any alcohol.
What is a mocktail?
No, you have a choice if and when you drink at the age of 18. You don't have to do it because everyone else is doing it?
Do you have to drink at the age of 18?