The Dangers of Alcohol Abuse: the facts You Need To know About alcohol

1. The Dangers of Alcohol Abuse:the facts You Need To know About alcohol By: Amit Patel and David Moy

2. Background Alcohol has always been apart of any culture, from the Romans to the current time. The origins are not truly know, but it has been around for thousands of years. It was usually drunk at meals or at parties and always in a social setting. Alcohol problems have also always accompanied the use of alcohol. Drunkenness is a huge problem in any culture, and because of this, many cultures and religious have outlawed it. Only recently has there been a movement along with research to present the dangers and effects of alcohol to the general public. Still, alcohol will remain apart of the culture today and in the future.

3. Shattered Lives BEFORE “Early on Sunday morning, September 19, 1999, Jacqueline Saburido 20, and four friends were on their way home from a birthday party. Reggie Stephey, an 18-year-old star football player, was on his way home from drinking beer with some buddies. On a dark road on the outskirts of Austin, Texas, Reggie’s SUV veered into the Oldsmobile carrying Jacqui and the others. “Two passengers in the car were killed at the scene and two were rescued. Within minutes, the car caught fire. Jacqui was pinned in the front seat on the passenger side. She was burned over 60% of her body; no one thought she could survive. But Jacqui lived. Her hands were so badly burned that she no longer can use them.

4. Shattered Lives “She lost her hair, her ears, her nose, her left eyelid and much of Her vision.  She has had more than 40 operations since the crash and has many more to go.  In June 2001 Reggie Stephey was convicted of two counts of intoxication manslaughter for the deaths of Jacqui’s two friends. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined $20,000.”

5. Short-term Effects • Slower reaction times/reflexes • Heavy sweating • Blurry vision • Nausea and vomiting • Lowered reasoning ability

6. Short-term Effects (cont.) • Poor motor coordination • Slower heart rate/breathing rate • Increased blood pressure • Anxiety/restlessness • Lower inhibition

7. Short-term Effects (cont.) • Mental confusion • Memory loss • Coma • Death from respiratory arrest

8. Long-term Effects • Nervous system • Muscles • Lungs • Liver

9. Different Types of alcohol Wine- are made from a variety of fruits, such as grapes. Beer-  is also made by the process of fermentation. Vodka-  is one of the world's most popular distilled beverages.

10. Long-term Effects (cont.) • Sexual organs • Brain • Heart • Esophagus/stomach

11. Different Types of alcohol • Whiskey-  is made by distilling the fermented juice of cerealgrains such as corn, rye or barley • Rum- is a distilled beverage made from fermentedmolasses or sugarcane juice and is aged for at least threeyears.

12. Brandy- is distilled from fermented fruit juices. Brandy isusually aged in oak casks. • Gin- is a distilled beverage. It is a combination of alcohol,water and various flavors. • Liqueurs- are made by adding sugar and flavoring such as fruits, herbs or flowers to brandy or to a combination of alcohol and water.