Your body on alcohol
Alcohol has only long/short term effects on the body.
What is alcohol has both short-term and long term effects on your body?
Using alcohol is an _________________ way to deal with emotions.
What is unhealthy?
A drug created by a chemical reaction in some foods, especially fruits and grains.
What is alcohol?
A long bundle of neurons that sends messages to and from the brain and all parts of the body.
What is the spinal cord?
Cirrhosis is a disease of the __________.
What are the liver?
Teens who use alcohol often find that they ______ their friends.
What is lose?
These cells make up the nervous system.
What are neurons?
An act of physical force resulting in injury or abuse.
What is violence?
Alcohol works slowly/quickly on the body.
What is quickly?
Most teens do/do not use alcohol.
What is do not?
Being drunk is called being _______________
What is intoxicated?
The scarring and destruction of liver tissue.
What is cirrhosis?
Babies born with _________________ may have speech and learning problems
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
Alcohol use is __________ for minors.
What is illegal?
A drug that can slow down the activity of the brain and nervous system.
What are depressants?
A person under the age of adult rights and responsibilities.
What is a minor?
The body's control center is the __________ system.
What is Nervous?
__________ skills can help teens say no to alcohol effectively.
What are refusal skills?
The amount of alcohol in the blood is called _____________. (You can abbreviate)
What is blood alcohol concentration? (BAC)
A series of painful physical and mental symptoms associated with recovery from a drug.
What is withdrawal?