HANDLING SOCIAL PRESSURES CHAPTER 18

ALCOHOL AND YOU BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION (BAC): AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL IN BLOOD EXPERIMENTATION RECREATIONAL ALCOHOL ABUSE (MOST ABUSED DRUG) DEPRESSANT

CONTRIBUTING FACTORS EXPECTATIONS MOOD FATIGUE MEDICAL SENSITIVITIES MISCONCEPTIONS ON PG 375-377

ALCOHOL AND ACCIDENTS OVER 17,000 DIE EACH YEAR(1 EVERY 30 MINUTES) OVER 300,000 ARE INJURED (1 EVERY 2 MINUTES) 1 IN 4 DRUNK DRIVERS IS INVOLVED IN A FATAL CRASH 24% OF 16-20 DEATHS ARE DUE TO ALCOHOL ABOUT 30% OF US WILL BE INVOLVED SOMETIME

AFFECTS OF DRIVING DECREASES SKILL AND DAMAGES JUDGEMENT ALCOHOL IS ABSORBED FASTER THAN FOOD HAS GREATEST EFFECT ON BRAIN DRINKERS FAIL TO WEAR SEAT BELTS MEDICAL ATTENTION MORE DIFFICULT

BODY AFFECTS IMPAIRS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AFFECTS VISION IN SEVEN WAYS (PG 380) REACTION TIME AFFECTS PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY STATIC AND DYNAMIC VISION TAKES ABOUT 2 HOURS FOR BODY TO GET RID OF A DRINK

ALCOHOL AMOUNT ONE DRINK IMPAIRS DRIVING 40% OF ALL HIGHWAY DEATHS AS BAC RISES , SO DOES CHANCE OF A CRASH BEER IS JUST AS INTOXICATING AS HARD LIQUOR MAY WEAVE OR SWERVE

OTHER DRUGS NARCOTICS: HEROIN, CODEINE, MORPHINE DEPRESSANTS: ALCOHOL, SLEEPING PILLS, TRANQUILIZERS STIMULANTS: SPEED, COCAINE HALLUCINOGENS: MARIJUANA, LSD, PCP SYNERGISM: INTERACTION OF ONE DRUG WITH ANOTHER

LEGAL DRUGS OTC: CAN BE PURCHASED WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION PRESCRIPTION:FOLLOW DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY DEPRESSANTS: HARMFUL EFFECT ON COORDINATION

PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE BAC FOR YOUNG DRIVERS IS LOWER (ZERO TOLERANCE) SUPPORT GROUPS RISK OF ALCOHOLISM DECREASES BY 14% EACH YEAR LEGAL MEASURES PG 387