nausea,vomiting,diarrhea,sweating,shaking,headache and extreme thirst.
200
What is one serving of liquor?
1.5 oz.
200
What is it called when a person drinks too much or another word for being "drunk"?
Intoxicated
200
What is a period of time that can not be recalled due to excessive drinking called?
Blackout
200
Underage drinking costs the United States more than $58 billion every year.
TRUE
Thats enough money to buy every public school student a state-of-the-art computer.
300
What type of drug is alcohol?
A Depressant
300
How old do you have to be to drink alcohol in the US?
21 years or older
300
Any chemical that causes a change in a person's behavior is called a what?
A Drug
300
What is the life threating disease, that damages the Liver due to long term alcohol use?
Cirrohis
300
Nearly 4 million Americans meet the criteria for alcohol use disorders.
FALSE -Nearly 14 million!
400
What does alcohol slow down?
All body functions, reflexes, they way you see or judge speeds or distances, corrdination and more.
400
What is BAC or BAL
Blood Alcohol Concentration
Blood Alcohol Level
400
What could happen if a person drinks a very large amount of alcohol and it shuts down their central nervous system. It could also cause a person to stop breathing or even die?
Alcohol Poisoning
400
What happens to a person body temp after a few drinks?
It drops
400
Binge drinking is 5 or more drinks in a sitting
TRUE
500
What is tolerance?
How much drinking someone has done in the past.
500
How much alcohol can the body eliminate in an hour?
1 serving
500
What is occasional excessive drinking called?
Binge Drinking
500
The Liver breaks down alcohol and turns it into what 3 things?
energy, water and carbon dioxide
500
Alcohol kills 6 1/2 times more teens than all other drugs COMBINED