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Health Chapter 15
Question | Answer |
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Which choice states a correct relationship between age and alcohol | drinking is legal only at ages 21 and older |
sticking to a decision to abstain from alcohol means | being able to say no around people who are drinking |
How can you prepare for pear pressure to drink | think of reasons not to drink |
What activity should teens who abstain from alcohol avoid | going to parties where others are drinking |
If you find yourself dependent on a drinker for a ride home, you should | ask someone for help |
Abstinence is the best decision teens can make about alcohol | true |
Refusal skills are the skill needed to say no | true |
when you refuse to drink you should always apologize for not drinking | false |
You should put yourself in situation where there is alcohol so you can practice refusal skills | false |
You should never get into a car if the driver has been drinking | true |
Disease in which a drinker's liver develops a scar tissue | cirrhosis |
Disease in which a drinker needs alcohol to function | alcoholism |
state in which fewer drinks are needed to cause the original effect | reverse tolerance |
one of the stages of alcoholism | absolute dependence |
one of the steps of recovery from alcoholism | detoxification |
alcohol is more dangerous to teen brains b/c teen brains are | still developing |
How much alcohol can a women drink during pregnancy without the risk of harming her baby | none |
Excessive drinking contributes to heart disease by causing | fatty deposit in the heart |
Risk factors for becoming an alcoholic include | being the child of an alcoholic |
Which support group is for friends and family members of alcoholics | AL-Anon |
state in which a person is impaired | intoxication |
period of time that a drinker cannot recall | blackout |
Amount of alcohol in a person's blood | BAC |
taking so much of a drug that it leads to coma or death | overdose |
consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol at one sitting | binge drinking |
Intoxication | false |
Females generally have lower blood alcohol concentration that males after drinking the same amount | false |
Alcohol is involved in about 40% of fatal motor vehicle crashes | true |
A persons can die from binge drinking | true |
combing alcohol with drugs such as sleeping pills can be fatal | true |
why is alcohol classified as a drug | it causes changes in a persons body or behavior |
a depressant is a drug that causes | brain and body reactions to slow down |
what is fermentation | the process that produces alcohol |
A zero-tolerance policy about underage drinking means that minors are | punished for being caught with any amount of alcohol |
which drink contains the most alcohol | 24-oz can of beer that is 3% alcohol |
Alcohol is a depressant | true |
alcohol is the second most widely abused drug among high school students | false |
Peers, family and the media strongly influence teen drinking | true |
Teens who use alcohol are less likely to have alcohol problems later in life | false |
a teen may be sent to prison for drinking and driving | true |