Freshman Health Test 3
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- Tolerance
- Necessary to drink larger amounts of alcohol to achieve similar effects
- Dependent
- Brain develops a chemical need and you cannot function without it
- Withdrawl
- A group of symptoms that occur when a dependent person stops using alcohol
- Intoxication
- A state in which a persons mental and physical abilities are impaired by alcohol
- BAC
- Blood Alcohol Concentrations
- Cirrhosis
- Scarring of the liver (leading cause of death for alcoholics)
- Blackouts
- Lack of memory for events that occur due to heavy drinking.
- FAS
- fetal alcohol syndrome. occurs when a pregnant woman drinks alcohol. fatal abnormalities, low birthweight, mental retardation.
- Types of Drinkers
- 1. binge/problem-drink large quantities of alcohol in a short amount of time (4 drinks for women, 5 for men) 2. alcoholic-physically and psychologically addicted to alcohol 3. social-stop whenever they want to without a problem/addiction
- Effects of intoxication
- -Lower coordination/reaction time -Vomit -Blackouts
- Parts of body damaged by alcohol
- Liver, brain, heart.
- Factors in BAC
- body weight gender rate of consumption food content in stomach
- Legal BAC in NJ?
- .08
- Every __ minuts there is an alcohol related car crash in the US
- 20
- What percent of fatal car crashes are related to drinking and driving?
- 40%
- Dollars spent each year on alcohol related ads
- 1 billions
- Teenage alcoholics in US?
- 3 million
- Age male/female has taken first sip of alcohol in the US
- male-11 female-13
- Age in which 50% of all girl and boys in Us have sampled alcohol
- 15
- What percent of all alcohol is eliminated by your liver?
- 95
- Consequences of Underage Drinking
- academic failure sexual assault brain injuries death (5000 a year from underage drinking in us)
- 3 Reasons Why Teens Smoke
- Peer pressure Family Advertisement (6 billion Dollars)
- Three Main Chemicals in Smoke
- Nicotine (Raises blood pressure/heart rate. Lowers blood flow to skin.) Carbon Monoxide Tar (destroys cilia)
- Three Types of Smoke
- Passive (second hand smoke) Mainstream Sidestream
- Smoking related deaths in Us in year
- 434000
- # of Chemicals in a Cigarette
- 4000
- # of Poisons in Cigarettes
- 401
- # of Carcinogens in a Cigarette
- 43
- Percent of all lung cancer caused by smoking
- 87
- People in Us each year die from second hand smoke
- 53000
- People each year die from second hand smoke in NJ
- 1,600
- # of years lost off the life of the average smoker
- 10
- # of Carcinogens in smokeless tobacco
- 28
- Deaths a year in US from smokeless tobacco
- 7000
- Smoking is the #__ cause of preventable death in US
- 1
- __Leading cause of death in US is secondhand smoke
- 3rd
- Percent of all smokers start between ages 11-20
- 90
- Year that all ads for smoking banned on television.
- 1971
- Two types of smokeless tobacco
- 1. chewing tobacco 2. snuff
- White leathery spots that appear on the inside of your mouth
- Leukoplakia
- Ways a person can quit smoking
- Set a quit date Exercise Avoid other smokers Lists reasons to quit
- Disease in which air sacks in lungs burst
- Emphysema
- Inflammation of the bronchial tubs
- Chronic Bronchitis
- COPD
- 4th leading cause of preventable death Links to Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema
- Drug
- A substance that alters the functions of the body.
- Raves
- All night dance parties where club drugs may be used
- Depressants
- Drug that slows down the bodys functions ALCOHOL VALIUM TRANQUILIZERS
- Stimulants
- Drug that speeds up the body's functions (raise blood pressure and heart rate) NICOTINE CAFFEINE COCAINE CRACK
- Hallucinogens
- Changes mood and perceptions. (Flashbacks and trips) LSD PCP
- Narcotics
- Medicines used to relieve pain MORPHINE CODEINE HEROIN
- Inhalants
- Substances with fumes that are sniffed to get high (bagging/huffing) SUdden sniffing death syndrome GLUE GASOLINE AEROSOLS NITROUSOXIDE
- Cannabis
- Hemp plant from which marijuana and hash heesh are produced (amotiviational syndrome. thc) MARIJUANA
- Club Drugs
- Used at raves ECTASY (E, X) GHB (liquad ectasy) KETAMINE ROHYPNOL (date rape)
- Prescription Drugs
- Medications. Pain relievers VICADIN OXYCONTIN DEPRESSENT XANAX VALIUM RITALIN ADDERAL
- Why teens use drugs
- Deal with pressure Helps to cope Self medicate