1. HANDLING SOCIAL PRESSURES
CHAPTER 18

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

3. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS EXPECTATIONS MOOD FATIGUE MEDICAL SENSITIVITIES
MISCONCEPTIONS ON PG

4. 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 DEATHS ARE DUE TO ALCOHOL
ABOUT 30% OF US WILL BE INVOLVED SOMETIME

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

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

10. 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