Alcohol Facts
Made from the sugars in barley and illegal for anyone under the age of 21.
What is alcohol?
Responsibility of the region in the brain most affected by alcohol.
What is emotion and behavior?
Underage youth are allowed to have this blood alcohol content level if they blow into a breathalyzer.
What is zero.
Drinking alcohol can affect the development of this organ in the body.
What is the brain?
Name the two reasons teens drink alcohol.
What is stress and social acceptance?
The consumption of large amounts of alcohol in over a short period of time.
What is binge drinking?
It takes alcohol six minutes to reach this organ in the body.
What is the brain?
190 thousand people under age 21 in the U.S. visit this facility annually for alcohol related injuries.
What is the ER?
This body organ can only process one alcoholic beverage per hour and can become damaged when overloaded.
What is the liver?
Number of shots equal to drinking one beer.
What is eight shots?
A state in which a persons normal capacity to act or reason is inhibited by alcohol and drugs.
What is intoxication?
A state in which a person's normal capacity to act or reason is inhibited by alcohol and drugs.
What is intoxication?
Binge drinking can lead to life threatening alcohol poisoning, which activates an automatic action your body does in response.
What is involuntary reflex?
Young people who begin drinking alcohol before the age of 15 are 4 times more likely to develop this disorder than persons who are 21 years or older.
What is alcohol dependence?
Percentage of people ages 12 – 20 years old who meet criteria for binge drinking.
What is 12%?
Amount of alcohol in your blood that develops from drinking alcoholic beverages.
What is blood alcohol content or BAC?
The rate the liver breaks down one drink or 0.5 - 1.0 oz of alcohol per hour.
What is metabolization?
Teens who drink put themselves more at risk to become victims of a crime.
What is assault?
Repeated exposure to an addictive substance begins a process in the brain cells that communicates and motivates us to crave the source of pleasure.
What is addiction?
Four types of cancer alcohol abuse may cause.
What is throat, mouth, liver, and colon cancer?
Theory behind the legal drinking age of 21.
What is making better cognitive decisions?
Long-term health risks of prolonged or overuse of alcohol like high blood pressure, stroke, pancreatitis, liver disease, cancer, or depression.
What is alcohol related diseases?
Teens caught with the possession of alcohol in Indiana are likely to receive this charge on their juvenile record.
What is Class C Misdemeanor?
A medical condition characterized by an impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences.
What is alcohol use disorder?
Alcohol can cause a loss of motor coordination for up to ___ to ___ hours.
What is 12 to 18 hours?