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Identify the term for “the drug in wine, beer, and
liquor that causes intoxication.”
2. Define intoxication.
3. Identify the term for “the amount of alcohol in a
person’s blood, expressed as a percentage.”
4. Define cirrhosis.
Understanding Key Ideas
5. Identify why alcohol is considered a drug.
6. Summarize the short-term effects of alcohol on
the body.
7. Identify which of the following is not a short-term
effect of alcohol.
a. poor vision c. reduced reaction time
b. poor judgment d. increased self-control

8. Compare the BAC that represents the legal limit for
DUI with the BAC at which driving is first impaired.
9. Describe the dangers of binge drinking.
10. Identify which of the following is a long-term
effect of alcohol use.
a. dead brain cells c. irregular heart beat
b. stomach bleeding d. all of the above

11. Practicing Wellness Name three rea-
sons you should not drink alcohol.

Critical Thinking
12. What type of behavior would you expect to find at
a party where people are drinking? Why do you
think teens drink?
13. If a 160-pound boy drank five beers in 2 hours,
what effects might the boy experience?

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Answer:

2. the condition of having physical or mental control markedly diminished by the effects of alcohol or drugs drank to the point of intoxication cocaine intoxication.

3. Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) is the amount of alcohol in a person's blood, expressed as a percentage.

4. a chronic disease of the liver marked by degeneration of cells, inflammation, and fibrous thickening of tissue. It is typically a result of alcoholism or hepatitis.

5. Alcohol is considered a drug because it has an anti-depressant effect and alters personality and perceptions.

Alcohol is not widely accepted as a drug because of its wide usage in social drinking.

However, because of its anti-depressant properties, it is considered a drug. Alcohol also has an effect on the perceptions, emotions, vision, movements, speech, coordination, etc of the person consuming it.

6. he short-term effects of alcohol (more specifically ethanol) consumption – due to drinking beer, wine, distilled spirits or other alcoholic beverages – range from a decrease in anxiety and motor skills and euphoria at lower doses to intoxication (drunkenness), stupor, unconsciousness, anterograde amnesia (memory loss)

7. D

8. The legal limit for DUI is at 0.08 and the driving at first impaired is at 0.02. Identify which of the following is a long-term effect of alcohol use.

9. Heavy, long-term alcohol use can lead to alcoholic liver disease, which includes inflammation of the liver and cirrhosis. Excessive drinking is also bad for the cardiovascular system, leading to increased risk of heart attack, high blood pressure, and irregular heartbeat.

10. D

11. Alcohol may lead to weight gain. Alcohol interferes with memory and learning. Alcohol increases the likelihood that you will use other drugs.

12. Bad, slurred speech. non comprehensive thoughts. poor decision making exc.

13. nausia, dizziness, intoxication

Explanation:

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