Ch8 Question and answers already passed 2024/2025 Ch. 14 – ATOD, ATOD Vocabulary Flash Cards
A person can drink and still be in control - correct answer Drinking impairs your judgment, which increases your likelihood that you will do something you will later regret such as having unprotected...
Ch. 14 – ATOD, ATOD Vocabulary Flash
Cards
A person can drink and still be in control - correct answer ✔Drinking impairs
your judgment, which increases your likelihood that you will do something you
will later regret such as having unprotected sex, being involved in date rape,
damaging property, or being victimized by others
Drinking isn't all that dangerous. - correct answer ✔-Among college students,
alcohol contributes to deaths from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, as
well, as assaults, sexual assaults or date rapes, and poor academic
performance.
-Researchers estimate that each year:
---1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-
related unintentional injuries, including motor-vehicle crashes.
---696,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are assaulted by another
student who has been drinking.
---97,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 report experiencing
alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape.
---About 1 in 4 college students report academic consequences from drinking,
including missing class, falling behind in class, doing poorly on exams or
papers, and receiving lower grades overall.
Short-term risks and effects:
-Depressed central nervous system function
-Lower respiratory, pulse, and blood pressure rates
-Increased urination
-Sexual impairment and increased risk of sexually transmitted disease
-Hangovers and blackouts
, -Compromised vital functions, causing death
Long-term risks and effects:
-Diseases of the nervous and circulatory systems
-High blood pressure
-Liver disease, including hepatitis
-Risk of cancer
-Risk of fetal alcohol syndrome in pregnant women
-Risk of osteoporosis
-Brain size shrinkage and brain cell damage
Sobering up Quickly! - correct answer ✔It takes about 2 hours for the adult
body to eliminate the alcohol content of a single drink, depending on your
weight. Nothing can speed up the process - not even coffee, greasy cheesy
fries with gravy, or cold showers.
It's better to drink Beer because it doesn't have as much alcohol as hard liquor
- correct answer ✔A 12oz bottle of beer has the same amount
of alcohol as a shot of 80% hard liquor,
or a 5 oz glass of wine
A person can learn to "hold their liquor". - correct answer ✔If you have to
drink increasingly larger amounts of alcohol to get a "buzz" of get "high", you
are developing tolerance. Tolerance is actually a warning sign that you are
developing more serious problems with alcohol
If I seem ok, I can manage to drive well enough after a few drinks - correct
answer ✔The effects of alcohol start sooner than people realize, with the mild
impairment (up to .05 BAC) starting to affect speech, memory, attention,
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