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alcohol effects
effects of alcohol
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9th Grade
12/06/2015

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What equals a drink
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12 oz of beer, 5 oz of wine and 1.5 oz of liqour
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What percent of alcohol is in each drink
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4 to 6% in beer, 12 to 20 in wine and 40 to 50 in liquor
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What types of diseases are associated with alcohol?
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Cirrhosis and fatty liver
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Explain what artificial warmth is and how it affects the blood vessels of the body
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When alcohol gets into your blood stream and causes your blood vessels to dilate
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What are some factors that explain BAL
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amount of alcohol in a persons blood stream. Factors: age, gender, metabolism amount of alcohol consumed
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Is alcohol considered a drug and is it a stimulant or depressant
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It is a depressant and it can be a drug mixed with other things
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What are some diseases that occur and what are the effects both long and short
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Brain damage, tolerance, dependance, liver problems, cirrhosis, stomach and kidney problems
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FAS define and how can it effect the fetus
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Condition which involves both mental and physical abnormalities. It can make the fetus be born with retardnation
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Define alcoholism
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An addiction to alcohol is a physical and psychological dependance
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List the stages of alcoholism and what they do
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Stage one: Social drinking Stage 2: Reaching to the point where you cant stop drinking Stage 3: The worst and final stage
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What is the difference between black out and passout
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Blackout: When a person does things without knowing, kinda like sleepwalking Passout: when a person falls asleep unexpectedly
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What is oxidization and what organ does it happen in
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It's where alcohol is turned into water. It happens in the liver
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How much alcohol can be oxidized in an hour
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.5 oz
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Explain tolerance and what it allows and individual
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It makes it more and more necessary to drink more and more
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Define addiction
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When a person constantly drinks and always wants more every hour of every day
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What is withdrawal
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It refers to the physical problems and emotions you experience if you dependent
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What is Physiological dependence
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The state of having emotional with draws
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What is Physiological dependence
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The state of having physical withdrawals to alcohol or a drug
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What are the limits for drinking and driving
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The age limit to drinking is 21 and the limit for drinking and driving is .1 on your BAL
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