Alcohol

What type of drug is alcohol?

• Stimulant
• Club Drug
• Depressant
• Marijuana

If unable to stand without help, having pale or bluish skin, and/or doesn't respond when spoken to or pinched what might this be a sign of?

• Malnutrition

• Alcohol Poisoning

• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

• Hangover

What factor does not determine the affects alcohol will have on the body causing intoxication?

• Gender

• Food in the stomach

• Body weight

• Prescription Medication/s misused or used

• Height

This can be measured by taking one's blood or breathing into a device. This allows police or doctors to know how much alcohol a person has consumed.

• FAS

• BAC

• DUI

• DWI

Tolerance is..

• Over time, a person's body needs greater amounts of alcohol to feel buzzed or drunk.

• Consumption of large quantity of alcohol in a very short period of time.

• Over time, a person's body needs less amounts of alcohol to feel buzzed or drunk.

How long does it take for a teenager to become an alcoholic?

• 2 - 4 weeks

• 6 months-2 years

• 4 years

• 5-15 years

A drug that slows down the body’s functions and reactions, including heart and breathing rates.

• Depressant

• Stimulant

• Hallucinogen

• Inhalant

Binge drinking is:

• Drinking a beer after work.

• Drinking for a few months, and then stopping for a few months.

• Drinking a "shot" of alcohol.

• Having several drinks in a short period of time.

Cirrhosis is scarring and destruction of tissue of which organ?

• Liver
• Heart
• Small Instestine
• Brain

What is BAC?

• The amount/concentration of red blood cells in your blood.

• The amount/concentration of white blood cells in your blood.

• The amount/concentration of alcohol in the blood.

• The amount/concentration of sugar in your blood.