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  1. What is alcohol and why is it considered a drug?

  1. What is alcohol and why is it considered a drug?. Alcohol is a depressant . It is a drug because it changes a person’s physical and emotional state. Video/9:00. 2. List the first 2 effects that alcohol has on the body:. Causes the liver to work harder

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  1. What is alcohol and why is it considered a drug?

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  1.   1. What is alcohol and why is it considered a drug? Alcohol is a depressant. It is a drug because it changes a person’s physical and emotional state. Video/9:00

  2. 2. List the first 2 effects that alcohol has on the body: • Causes the liver to work harder • Makes the heart work harder • Makes the body lose heat • Causes dehydration • Irritates the mouth, throat, esophagus & stomach

  3. BAC is blood alcohol content 3. At what BAC will your reaction time be slowed? .02 4. At what BAC will blackouts, memory loss and vomiting occur? .20

  4. Why are BAC levels different for men and women? Women’s chart Men’s chart

  5. 5. What is binge drinking and how can it be dangerous? Binge drinking is drinking 5 or more drinks in one sitting. A person can drink a fatal amount of alcohol before they know it. Video/5:22

  6. Video/6:14

  7. 6. What long term effects might alcohol have on the liver? Hepatitis Cirrhosis Liver cancer

  8. 7. What 3 long term effects might alcohol have on the brain? • Brain damage b. shrinks the brain c. kills brain cells Video/3:12

  9. The image above (1) is a time-lapse of brain imaging studies that shows how the brain develops from age 5 through 20 and beyond. It was thought (until these new brain imaging capabilities) that the brain was fully developed by adolescence. We now know it’s not. There is a critical developmental stage identified as pruning and strengthening that goes on during the teen years and on into college and even beyond. Pruning is when neural connections (called gray matter) that are not used fall away (get “pruned”), and those that are used get strengthened, which makes the remaining neural connections more efficient (like an insulted cable wire vs a non-insulated one). As you can see when looking at the image above, the brain develops from back to front. This means that the portions of the brain that deal with emotion, memory, learning, motivation and judgment are the last to finish the pruning and strengthening stages and, as such, are the most deeply affected by alcohol (or drug abuse) during ages 12Â through 20, often through age 25.

  10. 8. How does alcoholism begin? Experimentation 9. List the 4 stages of developing alcoholism: 1. Problem Drinking 2. Tolerance 3. Dependence 4. Alcoholism

  11. 10. What are some of the risk factors for becoming an alcoholic? a. Age– teens that start drinking before 15 are more likely to become alcoholics than those who wait to 21 b. Social Environment – peer pressure, advertising, alcohol in the home c. Genetics– 25% of males with an alcoholic parent become alcoholics. Teens with nonalcoholic parents have a 7-9% chance of becoming alcoholics d. Risk Taking Personality– impulsive, novelty, enjoy taking risks

  12. 11. Alcoholism not only affects the alcoholic, but their family as well. List some of the ways a family can be affected by alcoholism: • Guilty feelings • Unpredictable behavior •  Violence • Neglect & isolation •  Protecting the alcoholic (enabling) •  Ignoring one’s own need (codependency)

  13. The difference between helping and enabling.

  14. 12. Many alcoholics feel their drinking does not affect others, but it can have a great affect on society, how? Many cases of murder, family violence, child abuse, rape and assault are attributed to alcohol use.

  15. 13. What type of help is there for alcoholics and people close to them? • AA for alcoholics. • Al-Anon for spouses of alcoholics • Alateen for teenagers who have an alcoholic parent.

  16. 14. How are the skills needed for driving impaired by alcohol? a. slows reaction time b. affects your vision c. makes you drowsy • reduces your coordination e. affects your judgment Video/9:24

  17. 15. How can drinking affect your future? a.JAIL/Probation– will go on your record. Could make it difficult to get a job or get into college b.   SEXUAL ACTIVITY–alcohol can cause you to make poor decisions. Unprotected sex can lead to STD’s and pregnancy c.   SWIMMING –38% of all drownings are related to alcohol use d.TEEN BRAINS–alcohol affects development of the brain. The changes that alcohol causes in young brains increases the risk of alcoholism.

  18. 16. What are some ways you can resist peer pressure? a. buy yourself time b. give good reasons c. state the consequences d. say “no” firmly e. if needed say “no” again f. walk away

  19. Section3 Teens and Alcohol Chapter 10

  20. 17. What are the 2 most common groups who fight against drunk driving?

  21. Video/7:27

  22. Video/22:20

  23. The Truth About Alcohol and Drugs Vide0/44:54

  24. Texting and talking on your cell phone is just as bad as drinking and driving. Video/34:56

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