underage drinking/stats
Long term effects of alcohol use
drinking and driving
Binge drinking
short term effects of alcohol use
100
Over 40% of all 10th graders drink alcohol.
100
Cancer of the mouth and throat is a____ effect of alcohol use.
100
The rate of drunk driving is highest among__ to __ year olds (20.7 percent). a. 26 to 29 b.16 to 18 c.50 to 56 d.30 to 35
What is 26 to 29 year olds. http://www.madd.org/statistics/
100
Liquor stores, bars, and alcoholic beverage companies make drinking seem attractive and fun.
100
Alcohol can cause slurred speech.
200
Youth who drink alcohol are more likely to experience school problems, such as higher absence and poor or failing grades.
200
Long-term alcohol use disrupts normal brain development.
200
Every day in America, another 27 people die as a result of drunk driving crashes.
200
Teens may look at alcohol as a way to___stress, even though it can end up creating more stress.
200
Slow reflexes is cause by... a. low alcohol dose b. medium alcohol dose c. high alcohol dose
300
Reducing underage drinking will require community-based efforts to_____ the activities of youth and decrease youth access to alcohol.
300
The percentage of teens in high school who drink and drive has decreased by more than ___since 1991.
300
Alcohol poisoning is the most life-threatening consequence of binge drinking.
300
Long-term overconsumption of alcohol causes death of ___ cells, which can lead to brain disorders as well as a lowered level of mental or physical function.
400
Past-year use of illicit drugs was reported by 23.6 percent of 12th graders.
400
Tolerance is a long-term effect of alcohol in which the body becomes accustomed to higher and higher doses of alcohol after a long period of overconsumption.
400
On average, two in three people will be involved in a drunk driving crash in their lifetime.
400
Binge drinking is the most common pattern of excessive alcohol use in the United States.
400
Lowering of body_______ is a long-term effect of alcohol use.
500
But with parents at work, and perhaps more lenient rules, like curfew, too many teens use their break to experiment with _____.
500
Liver damage from alcohol can result in cirrhosis, a severe medical condition that can require a liver_____ to treat.
500
Each day, people drive drunk more than 300,000 times, but only about 3200 are______. a. awarded b. ignored c. arrested
500
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines binge drinking as a pattern of drinking that brings a person’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08 grams percent or above. This typically happens when men consume 3 or more drinks, and when women consume 2 or more drinks, in about 2 hours.1
500
Emotional changes are not an effect of alcohol use.