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Alcohol is a...drug with ..., .../..., ..., and...consequences.
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lethal, physical, mental, emotional, social, legal
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ethanol
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type of alcohol in alcoholic beverages
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Ethanol can be made through...
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fermentation of veggies, fruits, and grains
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fermentation
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chemical action of yeast on sugars
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What is added to ethanol to make beverages?
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minerals, water, flavoring
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depressant
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drug that slows the CNS
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Alcohol gives you..., which masks the true effect as a...
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an energy rush, depressant
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Intoxication
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that state in which the body is poisoned by alc or another substance and the person's phys and ment control is really reduced
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Effects of alcohol include...and depend on...
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slower reaction time, not clear thinking or good judgement, impair vision, body size/stomach contents
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What influences teens to use or not use alcohol?
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peer pressure, family that discourages alc, media messages that glamorize alc
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How do peers affect teens and alc?
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want acceptance, peer pressure, choose frs that avoid alc
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_____ ______ is one of the main reason teens avoid alc
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Parental disapproval
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What is the message media sends teens about alc?
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to fit in, drink alc
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How does adv reach teens on alc?
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billboards, tv, radio, mags, newspapers, sponser sports, concerts, festivals, exhibits, comm events to associate products with fun
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number one cause of teen death and disability
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alc-related vehicle accidents
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If you are under 21, it's illegal to...
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buy, possess, or consume alc
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What happens to teens who break the alc law?
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fined, jail, sentenced to youth detention center
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How does avoiding alc sit protect health?
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less likely to be rape, aggravated assault, robbery, fights
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Alc and teen sex
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alc>more likely to be sexually active at earlier, often
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alcohol abuse
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excessive use of alc
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___% of youth are exposed to family alc abuse by 18.
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25
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Young people who live in a house with one alc abuser are at risk of...
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neglect, abuse, ec hardship, social isolation, drink alc
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Teens who drink alc can be suspended from...
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extracurriculars, activities, school
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The decision to be alc free helps you...
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keep healthy body (no injury), make resp choices, avoid risky beh (sex), avoid illegal act
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What to do when you find yourself in a sit with alc
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assertive, refuse, leave, call for a ride
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Factors that influence the effects of alc
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body size and gender, food in stomach, amount and rate of intake
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Alc moves into the bloodstream...in females.
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faster
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Food in the stomach ....passage of alc into...
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slows, bloodstream
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When someone drinks alc...., intoxication happens.
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faster than the liver can break it down
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Alc poisoning happens when...
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blood alc levels get too high
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short term effects of al to the nervous sys
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brain less able to contrl body, memory/conc are dull, judgement and coordination is bad
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short term effects of alc to cardiovasc sys
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heart rate and blood pre increase with low, high intake means heart rate and bp decrease, irregular rythm, blood vessels expand, body heat escapes
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short trm effects of alc to dig sys
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stom acid increases>nausea and vomit, toxic chems released in liver, cause inflammation, kidneys more urine>dehy
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short trm effects of alc to resp sys
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liver releases CO2 released thru lungs, alc depresses nerves that control invol>slow breath, no breath
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When a drug enters the body, it...
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goes thru the bloodstream to its target organ/tissue
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metabolism
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body breaks down substances
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Alcohol travels through the bloodstream, to the...while the liver...and the kidneys...
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brain, metabolizes the alc in the blood to make it less active, filter the neutralized alc and extrete it
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Alc combined with medicines/drugs can result in..., which is...
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multiplier effect, medicaton has greater or diff effect than taken alone
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typical alc-drug interactions
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alc slows drug absorptn, increase time that alc/drug in bdy; freq alc, more met enzymes, drug broke down fastr; met enz change med to damage organs; alc increase drug effect
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DWI, DUI
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driving while intox., driving under the influence
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Blood alc concentration
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amount of alc in blood expressed as %
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DWI is defined as having a...% BAC
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0.1
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You're intoxicated if...
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you exceed the legal limit of BAC
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effects of any kind of drinking
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slow reflexes, can't judge distance and speed, increase risky beh, reduce concentration, increase forget
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tests given to someone stopped for drinking and driving
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field sobriety test, then breathalyzer test
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conseq for teen caught DUI
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harm to driver and others, restricted driving priveleges, no license, injury, damage, death, regret, no parent trust, arrest, jail, court, fine, police record, lawsuits, high insurance rates
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binge drinking
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drinking five or more alc drinks at one sitting
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____ ___ ____ can be fatal (fatal dose).
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Rapid binge drinking
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alcohol poisoning
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severe and potentially fatal phys reaction to an alc overdose
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Why is alc poisoning dangerous?
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can stop invol actions like breathe, gag reflex, stom irritated, vomit, choke on vomit
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Why is passing out dangerous after alc poisoning?
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BAC continues to rise through intestines and stomach
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symptoms of alc poisoning
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mental confusion, coma, vomit, seizure, slow respiration (10 secs b/w, less 8 per min), irreg heart, hypothermia, dehy
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alc goal of Healthy Ppl 2010
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reduce # of risk beh associated with alc
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Excessive alc can damage...and is esp bad for...
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body sys, young ppl
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long term brain effects of alc
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addiction, loss of brain func (speech, visual skills, memory), brain damage (smaller brain, destroy brain cells)
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The brain can...if you stop drinking.
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regain lost abilities
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long term cardiovasc changes of alc
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damage to heart muscle, enlarged heart from increased workload, high bp
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long term liver probs b/c of alc
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fatty liver blocks flow of blood to liver cells, alc hepatitis (inflam/infect of liver), cirrhosis (liver tissue replace with useless scar tissue)
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long term dig sys probs
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irritation of dig lining, stomach ulcers/cancer
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long term pancreas probs
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lining of panc swells to block fr panc to small intestine, chems for dig can pass, begin to destroy panc
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How is a fetus damaged in alc during preg?
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liver can't process alc, permanent damage to CNS, fetal alc syndrome
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fetal alc syndrome
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group of alc-related birth defects that indluce phys and mental
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leading cause of mental ret. in US
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FAS
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effects of FAS
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small head, deformities, heart, liver kidney defects, vision,hear probs, slow grow, coordination, learning, attention, mem
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alcoholism
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disease in which a person ahas phys or pyschological dependence on drinks that have alc
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alcoholic
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addict dependent on alc
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symptoms of an alcoholic
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craving of alc, loss of control (of limiting drinking), physical dep. (not drinking=withdrawal symp.), tolerance (need to drink more each time), health, fam, legal probs
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There might be a ...to alcoholism.
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genetic link
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What effects the risk for alcoholism?
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family, frs, culture, peer pressure, alc available?, stress
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3 stages of developing alcoholism
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abuse, dependence, addiciton
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describe 1st stage of alcoholism
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abuse: social drinking, depend on alc to manage stress, intoxicated regularly, lie about drinking, drink more and more to get effect
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describe 2nd stage of alcoholism
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dependence: can't stop drinking, dep, central focus, hide prob, performance at job, home, school suffers
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describe 3rd stage of alcoholism
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addiction: most imp thing in life, life out of control, doesn't realize/acknowledge, liver damage=less alc to be intoxicated, withd. effects if stop
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Alcohol is a major factor in the 4 leading causes of accidental death, which are...
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car accidents, falls, drown, house fires
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About ...% of violent crimes are alc-related
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40
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____ of victims of domestic violence said there was alc involved
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2/3
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Almost...% of homicide victims have alc in blood.
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50
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Codependents learn to...
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ignore their needs and focus energy on needs of alcoholic, lose trust in others and esteem
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recovery
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process of learning to live and alc-free life
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goal of alc treatment programs
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stop or control alc intake
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sobriety
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living without alc
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5 places to get info about treat for alcoholism
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Al-anon, Alcoholics Anonymous, Nat. Ass. for Children of Alc., Nat. Clearinghouse for Alc and Drug info, NatDrug and treat referral routing service
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4 steps to recovery
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admission (of having drink prob), detoxification, counseling, recovery
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detoxification
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process where the body adjusts to functioning without alc
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