Unit 5-Substance Abuse

What is the alcohol content in a 60-proof rum?

• 60 percent

• 6 percent

• 30 percent

• 100 percent

Which one of these is not one of the three major factors that influence underage drinking?

• Peers

• Family

• Media

• School Policies

A state in which a person's mental and physical abilities are impaired by alcohol or another substance is called

• a blackout

• sobering up

• intoxication

• hangover

Which of the following is an effect of intoxication on the human body?

• Brain activity speeds up

• Core body temperature increases

• Sensations and perceptions become more clear

• The drinker loses more water from the body than usual

Which of the following statements about blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is true?

• Males and females absorb alcohol into the bloodstream at equal rates.

• Drinking on an empty stomach increases the rate of alcohol absorption into the bloodstream.

• Larger people generally feel the effects of alcohol more than smaller people.

• The number of drinks consumed is a more reliable measure of intoxication than BAC.

Taking an excessive amount of a drug that leads to coma or death is called a(n)

• blackout

• hangover

• DUI

• Overdose

Drivers over the age of 21 are charged with driving under the influence when they are caught driving with a BAC that exceeds the legal limit of

• 0.00

• 0.04

• .8

• .08

A group of birth defects caused by the effects of alcohol on an unborn child is called

• fetal alcohol syndrome

• cirrhosis

• alcoholic hepatits

• detoxification

People who can no longer control their use of alcohol suffer from the disease known as

• fetal alcohol syndrome

• alcoholism

• withdrawl

• detoxification

From start to finish, what is the correct order of the stages in an alcoholic's recovery?

• acknowledging the problem, detoxification, and rehabilitation

• rehabilitation, detoxification, and acknowledging the problem

• detoxification, acknowledging the problem, and rehabilitation