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Understanding Alcohol

Understanding Alcohol. Why do you think teens use alcohol?. What is alcohol?. Ethanol (ethyl alcohol): the psychoactive drug in all alcoholic beverages. Central Nervous System depressant Brain and Nervous System; motor skills. The Path of Alcohol. Mouth Stomach Small Intestine Heart

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Understanding Alcohol

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  1. Understanding Alcohol

  2. Why do you think teens use alcohol?

  3. What is alcohol? • Ethanol (ethyl alcohol): the psychoactive drug in all alcoholic beverages. • Central Nervous System depressant • Brain and Nervous System; motor skills

  4. The Path of Alcohol • Mouth • Stomach • Small Intestine • Heart • Brain • Liver

  5. Blood Alcohol Concentration • The amount of alcohol in a person’s bloodstream. • It is written in a percentage. • Do you know the legal blood alcohol concentration for a person your age? • Do you know the blood alcohol concentration limit for someone who is 21 and over and driving?

  6. BAC Charts http://www.ou.edu/oupd/bac.htm

  7. Factors that influence BAC • Gender • Weight • Metabolism • Time • Food content in the stomach

  8. BINGE DRINKING • The consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol in a short period of time. • Men • Women

  9. Alcohol Poisoning • SYMPTOMS • Vomiting and nausea • Loss of reflexes; response to stimuli such as pinching • Loss of consciousness; “passed out” • Pulse is weak and rapid • Breathing is unusual or irregular (fewer than 8 breaths per minute) • Skin is cool (possibly damp), pale or bluish • You can not wake the person

  10. Consequences of Alcohol Use/Abuse • SHORT TERM • LONG TERM

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