Alcohol
What is BAC?
Blood Alcohol Content represents the percentage of alcohol to blood.
What is the colorless, odorless, highly addictive drug found in tobacco?
Nicotine
What happens when the body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to produce the same effects?
Tolerance
A support group for the children or the young family members of the alcoholic
What is Alateen
What is legal drinking age?
21 years old
What is BAC threshold in regards to a DUI?
.08%
Is nicotine a depressant, stimulant, narcotic or hallucinogen?
Stimulant
This is scarring and destruction of liver tissue
What is Cirrhosis
90 proof Hard Liquor is this much % of alcohol
45%
What is the depressant drug found in some beverages that slows down the central nervous system and harms body organs?
Alcohol
What is it called when an individuals blood alcohol level (the percentage of alcohol circulating in the bloodstream) rises to a danger point in which the individual loses consciousness and goes into a coma and in the worst cases, the drinker dies?
Alcohol poisoning
What is the term for exhaled smoke and sidestream smoke otherwise known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or passive smoke; a mixture of two forms of smoke from burning tobacco products?
Secondhand smoke
Alcohol is oxidized or processed here...
What is the Liver
Zero tolerance law
States that any driver under 21 may not consume any alcohol at all.
__oz. of Beer, __oz. of Wine & __oz. of Hard Liquor equals one drink.
12 oz. Beer, 5 oz. Wine, & 1.5 oz. Hard Liquor
How long does it take for alcohol to enter the bloodstream?
Alcohol enters your bloodstream within 5 to 10 minutes of being consumed. It passes from your stomach into your bloodstream and then travels throughout your entire body-affecting nearly every organ system in the body.
What is the product also known as dip, chew, snuff, or spit and is put between the lip and gum and sucked on the inside of the mouth?
Smokeless Tobacco
Alcohol interferes with what?
Alcohol interferes with judgement, coordination, and other basic functions by upsetting the brains balance of chemicals called neurotransmitters.
a person that helps someone continue their bad habits
What is an Enabler
Self control that keeps people from taking dangerous risks
What are inhibitions
Name at least 3 long term affects of alcohol on the body and mind.
1.Lead to cancer of the mouth, esophagus, pharynx and larynx, liver, stomach, ovaries, breast, prostate, and small intestine. 2. Affects parts of the brain and nervous system that control breathing, heartbeat, and related body functions which causes many deaths. 3. Associated with cardiovascular disease, and neurological damage 4. Psychiatric problems such as depression, anxiety, and antisocial personality disorder
Name at least 3 smoking-related conditions and diseases
1.Cancer 2. Emphysema 3. Chronic Bornchitis 4. Asthma
physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking.
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or FAS
Heavy Drinking is __ to __ amount of drinks per week
8 to 15
The stages of alcohol addiction
What are 1) Experimentation 2) Tolerance 3) Regular use 4) Dependence