Why is alcohol Harmful
It is illegal for anyone under the age of ____ to use alcohol.
21
A dangerous condition that results when a person drinks excessive amount of alcohol over a short time period.
What is Alcohol Poisoning?
The consumption of a large quantity of alcohol in a very short period of time.
What is Binge Drinking?
A type of addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug.
What is Physical Dependence?
A return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop.
What is relapse?
A drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains.
What is Alcohol?
Alcohol can quickly absorb by the bloodstream and reach the brain within __________ after being swallowed.
30 seconds
A disease characterized by scarring and eventual destruction fo the liver.
What is Cirrhosis?
How many stages of Alcoholism is there?
4
You have learned that alcohol use can damage a teen's _____,_____-____, and ______.
Physical, mental-emotional, and social health
Drugs that slow down the body's functions and reactions
What is Depressants?
A measure of the amount of alcohol present in a person's blood.
What is Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)?
Therefore, when a unborn baby is exposed to alcohol, it can develop______________.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
People with the a alcohol disease typically have ___ major symptoms.
5
The physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance.
What is Detoxification?
If you are caught buying or drinking alcohol, you can be....
Arrested, fined, and sent to a youth detention center.
_________ of all domestic violence cases are related to alcohol abuse.
Two-Thirds
People who are ___ are more likely to die in a fatal crash than sober drivers.
DWI
Underage drinking cost society more than ________ dollars a year.
50 billion
if you are being asked to drink use what strategy?
S.T.O.P
3 different advocacy groups that try to help teens make the right choices?
What is Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), Teens Against Tobacco Use (T.A.T.U), and Youth for Environmental Sanity.
The Liver breaks down approximately ____ percent of all alcohol consumed and the remaining __ percent passes out of the body through sweat, urine, and breath.
95 and 5
About ___ in every 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol related crash at sometimes in their lives.
3
Currently, an estimated ________ Americans are alcoholics or have an alcohol abuse problem.
14 million
Many people find ____________ __________ helpful after rehab.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)