Show:
L. 1: Why is Alcohol Harmful
L. 2: Short-Term Effects of Alcohol Use
L. 3: Long-Term Effects of Alcohol Use
L. 4: Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
L. 5: Getting Help for Alcohol Abuse
100

What kind of drug is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains

Alcohol

100

What is the ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately called?

Reaction Time

100

What disease is has scaring that eventually turns into destruction of the liver

Cirrhosis

100

What is a progressive, chronic, disease involving a mental and physical need for alcohol?

Alcoholism

100

What is a gathering in which family and friends get the problem drinker to seek help called?

Intervention

200

Ethanol alcohol is produced by a chemical reaction that is called what?

Fermentation

200

What does B.A.C. stand for?

Blood Alcohol Content

200

What percent of teen pregnancies were using alcohol? 

1/3

200

What is a physical or physiological need for a drug? 

Addiction
200

What is it called when someone returns to the drug after attempting to stop called?

Relapse

300

What age is it legal to start drinking in America?

21

300

What is it called when a person's mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol?

Intoxication

300

Does alcohol disrupt the brain?

Yes

300

What is the process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect is called what

tolerance

300

Recovery starts only after the alcoholic doesn't make a commitment to never drink again. True or False

False

400

What are other ways of thinking or acting called?

Alternatives

400

Are males or females more affected by alcohol?

Females

400

How does heavy drinking affect the heart

It makes the heart enlarged and weakened

400

Someone is in what if they are having a hard time believing they have a problem?

Denial

400

What is the physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance called?

Detoxification

500

What is the drug that slows down the body's reaction time called?

Depressants

500

People who are very highly intoxicated are at risk for what?

Alcohol poisoning

500

What happens when a person drinks reguarly?

Damaged organs

500

What is it called when a person is unable to limit his or her drinking called?

Loss of control

500

Teen drinking can damage teen's physical, mental/emotional, and social health. True or False

True