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ALCOHOL PREVENTION

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Short-term Effects of Drinking Long-term Health Legal Consequences of
• Slower reactions and poor coordination. Consequences of Using Drinking Alcohol
• Heavy sweating. Alcohol It is no wonder that for people under 21
• Blurry or double vision. Long-term use of alcohol can alcohol is illegal. Of course, it is illegal for
• Nausea and vomiting. wreck a person’s health. anyone to drive under the influence of
• Lowered reasoning ability. Alcohol can and will kill alcohol. For minors, penalties
• Doing or saying things you anyone who drinks too for buying, possessing, or
otherwise would not. much or too long, but it’s drinking alcohol include:
• Lower heart rate. not exactly an equal oppor- • Juvenile detention.
• Slowed breathing. tunity destroyer. Every • Probation.
• Anxiety, restlessness. effect of alcohol is more • Losing your driver’s license.
• Mental confusion, memory loss. • Mandatory alcohol rehabilitation.
is in adults. In addition, most
What is alcohol? • Coma. • Death from respiratory arrest. damaging in teenagers than it
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ethanol, which is found in: Advertising, Peer Pressure, and Lies Heavy or long-term drinking causes irre-
• Beer and malt liquor. If advertisements could be believed, you versible, often fatal damage to the Say No to Alcohol
• Wine. might think drinking alcohol body, including:
• Liquor (whiskey, etc.) would get you tons of dates, move • Liver diseases. Alcohol causes more disease, destruc-
tion, and death than all illegal drugs
• “Wine coolers”—fruit-flavored drinks. you into a deluxe apartment near • Heart disease and stroke.
• Liqueurs (like creme de menthe.) all of your sophisticated friends, • Brain cell death. combined. The smartest and healthi-
est choice to make is to choose not to
and clear up your skin. There’s • Cancer of the mouth,
health. People will respect you for it.
How much is “a drink” of alcohol? nothing “sophisticated” about a pharynx, esophagus, breast, pancreas, drink alcohol. Stand up for your
A standard drink is 12 grams of pure hangover, or vomiting, nothing liver, colon, and rectum.
ethanol, which equals: “deluxe” about a prison cell or mortu- • Decreased bone density.
• 12 ounces of beer or wine cooler. ary. Those images don’t usually make it • Damage to eyes and skin.
• 8 ounces of malt liquor. into the ads. • Malnutrition and gastric illnesses.
• Sexual problems in men and women.
• 5 ounces of wine. Some “friends” might pressure you into drinking.
• 1 1 /2 ounces of 80-proof distilled Is “friend” the name for someone who tries to get Plus, alcohol will literally stunt your growth!
spirits (whiskey, etc.) you to break the law and risk your life by getting It slows the rapid bone growth that occurs in
drunk? Try calling those people “accomplices” or normal young bodies.
How does alcohol work biologically? “perpetrators” instead. Women who are – or could be – pregnant
Alcohol is a depressant. It slows the func- must not drink any alcohol! Alcohol use dur-
tion of the brain, releases the brain chemical Alcoholism ing pregnancy is the #1 cause of nonhereditary
It happens. Alcohol is addictive. One in seven
dopamine, increases the level of opioid pep- drinkers becomes dependent on alcohol. The dis- mental retardation and causes lifelong hyper-
active behavior and learning disabilities.
tides, numbs pain, and makes the drinker ease of alcoholism worsens over time. Alcoholics
sleepy. As a person drinks more, the central continue to drink in spite of the real problems
nervous system slows down dangerously. alcohol causes in their lives. It’s a true, physical
Over time, alcohol causes neuroadaptation— addiction, complete with painful withdrawal
permanent changes in the brain.
symptoms. And it can happen to anyone.
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ALCOHOL: STRAIGHT
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IN THE KNOW:
Alcohol
Alcohol
The size of a drink does not
matter... the amount of
What is Alcohol? ONE DRINK ethanol does.
= 12 oz. of beer or a wine cooler
= 8 oz. of malt liquor
Alcohol contains the addictive, = 5 oz. of wine
= 1.5 oz. of liquor
depressant drug ethanol.
LONG TERM EFFECTS
SHORT TERM EFFECTS Of Drinking
Of Drinking
y LIVER DISEASE
y SLOWER REACTION TIME y HEART DISEASE
y BRAIN CELL DAMAGE
y STROKE
y POOR COORDINATION
y BLURRED VISION
y STUNTED GROWTH
y NAUSEA/VOMITING y CANCER
y SKIN & EYE DAMAGE
y LOWERED REASONING y MALNUTRITION
ABILITY AND INHIBITIONS
y SLOWER HEART RATE y GASTRIC DISORDERS
y ANXIETY/ DEPRESSION y ALCOHOLISM
y MEMORY LOSS
What is BAC ?
ABUSE AND ADDICTION BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT IS
THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL IN THE
Abusing alcohol may lead to health, social BLOOD STREAM.
and legal problem and physical addiction.
Alcoholism is a disease. Users are y Takes 1 hour
for a drink to
dependent on alcohol . They suffer leave the body
dangerous withdrawal symptoms.
y 0.08% BAC =
Legally drunk
y 0.30% BAC = Possible death/
Alcohol poisoning
DRINKING AND DRIVING
y Illegal to operate a motor vehicle
with a BAC of 0.08% or higher.
y Drunk driving is the #1 killer of
people under 21.
y A DUI can result in heavy fines,
BINGE DRINKING jail time, and a criminal record.
y Consuming 4 or more drinks rapidly
y 90% of underage drinkers binge drink
y Binge drinkers are 14 times more likely
to drive drunk.
y Leads to alcohol poisoning and liver disease
Under 21?
DRINKING IS AGAINST THE LAW!
You could...
• Lose your driver’s license
• Pay a fine
• Go to jail
GETTING HELP
There are support groups and other
methods of breaking the habit. Talk to a
counselor or your doctor and get on the
path to recovery.
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