L. 1: Why is Alcohol Harmful
Is a drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains.
Alcohol
A condition in which the body doesn’t get the nutrients it needs to grow function properly.
Malnutrition
What happens to a baby if their mom drinks while being pregnant?
The are most likely to get FAS
Enablers
Is the physical and addictive psychological reactions that occur when someone stops using an addictive. substance.
Withdrawal
What is the age when you can legally drink.
21
What is the legal amount of alcohol consumed when the state say's your drunk.
0.08 %
A condition in which fat builds up in the liver and it cannot be broken down.
Fatty Liver
What is addiction?
A physical or psychological need for a drug.
Is the physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance.
Detoxification
What kind of drug is alcohol.
Depressant
What is BAC?
Blood Alcohol Content
What is Cirrhosis?
A disease characterized by scarring and eventual destruction of the liver.
What process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effects?
Tolerance
What is Recovery?
The process of learning to live an alcohol-free life.
whats number of teen traffic death are related to alcohol.
1/3
What happen's to the extra 5% of alcohol in the liver?
In Passes through the body through sweat, breath, and urine.
What is FAS.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
What is the estimated number of people in America that suffer with being alcoholics and have alcohol abuse problems.
14 Million
A return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop.
Relapse
What does T.A.T.U stand for.
Teens against Tobacco Use
The liver breaks down exactly how much percent of alcohol.
95%
How might intoxication affect a person's daily life activities?
It will make you think, feel, hear, and act about things
What is the problem if someone 15 or younger is drinking alcohol.
The have a 4 times more risk of being addicted.
What is Intervention?
Is a gathering in which family and friends get the problem drinker to argee and get help.