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Chapter 15 – Alcohol 8th Grade Notes
Lesson 1
Alcohol
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Central Nervous System (CNS)
Oldest substances made and drunk by
humans
Wine: grapes and other fruits
Beer: grains, barley and wheat
Beverage alcohol, aka ethanol, is only one
type of alcohol. NEVER DRINK METHANOL
or other non-beverage alcohols b/c they
can cause blindness and death.
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Consists of brain and spinal cord. What
alcohol mostly effects.
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Controls speech, thinking, memory,
judgment, and learning. Emotions,
breathing, senses, and movement.
Depressant
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Drug that slows body functioning
Alcohol and Your Brain
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Amount of alcohol in blood increases,
your thinking, memory are impaired.
Can’t tell safe from dangerous. Sleep,
coma, and death can occur.
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
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Amount of alcohol in the bloodstream.
Also known as blood alcohol level. At .08
or higher, legally intoxicated.
Factors affecting Individual Reactions
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How much and how fast a person drinks,
weight, food in stomach, genetics,
tolerance, gender
Intoxication
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Physical and mental changes produced by
drinking alcohol
Alcohol Poisoning
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Damage to physical health caused by
drinking too much alcohol
Hangover
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Uncomfortable physical effects caused by
alcohol use, including headache,
dizziness, stomach upset, nausea, and
vomiting.
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Cirrhosis
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Deadly disease that replaces healthy liver
tissue with useless scar tissue
Tolerance
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Condition in which a person needs more
of a drug to feel the original effects of the
drug
Alcohol Abuse
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Inability to drink in moderation or at
appropriate times
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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Groups of birth defects that affect an
unborn baby that has been exposed to
alcohol. Could include mental retardation,
organ abnormalities, learning and
behavioral problems.
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Mental or psychological process that
restrains your actions, emotions, and
thoughts
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Amount of time from the instant your
brain detects an external stimuli until the
moment you respond
Alcoholism
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Disease in which a person is physically
and psychologically dependent on alcohol
Physical Dependence
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Body’s chemical need for a drug
Psychological Dependence
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Person’s emotional or mental need for a
drug
Recovery
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Learning to live without alcohol
Lesson 4
Inhibition
Lesson 5
Reaction TIme
Lesson 8