Glencoe Health Chapter 22 and 23

Define "Alcohol"

A clear liquid that has a strong smell, that is used in some medicines and other products, and that is the substance in liquors that can make a person drunk.

Define "Depressant"

A drug reducing functional or nervous activity.

Define Intoxication

The state in which the body is poisoned by alcohol or another substance, and the person's physical and mental control is significantly reduced.

Identify and explain ways families can have a positive influence on teens' decisions about alcohol use.

Families can give their teens a ride home when they need it and discourage and avoid alcohol usage.

Describe and demonstrate two effective refusal strategies for avoiding the use of alcohol.

Say "no" is a firm voice if a offered a drink and suggesting an alternative.

Define Blood Alcohol Concentrate (BAC)

The amount of alcohol in a person's blood, expressed as a percentage.

Define metabolism

the process by which the body breaks down substances

Examine the short term effects of alcohol use.

Increased heart rate and blood pressure, nausea and vomiting, liver inflammation and scarring, and decrease in temperature.

List three ways alcohol impairs the functioning of the nervous system.

1.) The brain becomes less able to control the body.

2.) Thought processes are disorganized, and memory and concentration are dulled.

3.) Judgment is altered and coordination is impaired.

What are signs of alcohol poisoning?

Mental confusion, stupor, coma, inability to be roused, vomiting, seizures, slow respiration, irregular heartbeat, etc.

Identify three serious effects of alcohol abuse.

Alcohol abuse can cause mental health issues, liver damage and cancer.

Define sobriety

living without alcohol

Explain why sobriety is a lifelong commitment.

Sobriety is a lifelong commitment because at any moment you could relapse.

What steps must an alcoholic take during the recovery process?

Step 1: Awareness and Early Acknowledgement

Step 2: Consideration

Step 3: Exploring Recovery

Step 4: Early Recovery

Step 5: Active Recovery and Maintenance

What are the four broad categories that medicines can be sorted into?

Medicine that helps prevent disease, fight pathogens, or infectious agents that causes disease, relieve pain, and to help maintain or restore health and regulate the body systems

What government organization tests and approves all new medications?

FDA

List 3 specific examples of medicine misuse.

1. Giving a prescription medicine to a person whom it was not prescribed or taking another person's medicine.

2. Taking too much or too little of a medicine or taking a medicine for a longer or shorter period than prescribed.

3. Mixing Medicines.

What are substance abuse and illegal drugs?

Substance abuse is any unnecessary or improper use of chemical substances for non medical purposes. Illegal drugs are chemical substances that people of any age may not lawfully manufacture, possess, buy, or sell

What are the factors that influence a teen's decision about substance abuse?

peer pressure

family members

role models

Media messages

Perceptions of drug behavior

Misleading information

Analyze and explain the harmful effects of drugs on the fetus.

Can cause birth defects, infants may be addicted and experience withdrawal symptoms.

An FAS baby may be born with a small head, deformities of the face, hands, and feet. Heart, liver, and kidney defects as well as vision and hearing problems, are common.

Explain the relationship between marijuana use and alcohol use.

Mixing alcohol and medication or other drugs can cause nausea, vomiting, headaches, drowsiness, fainting, loss of coordination. It also can put you at risk for internal bleeding, heart problems, and difficulties in breathing.

How does marijuana interfere with driving ability?

Marijuana affects concentration, coordination, and the ability to react.

Analyze and examine the harmful effects of inhalants and steroids on the body systems.

Can cause sudden death by increasing heart rate, resulting in cardiac arrest, or can cause death by suffocation.

Examine and identify the body systems most affected by psychoactive and designer drugs.

The central nervous system is most affected.

Examine and explain the harmful effects of stimulants and hallucinogens on the central nervous system.

Stimulants speed up the central nervous system; hallucinogens overload the sensory controls, confusing the brain and intensifying sensations

What are the health risks for those who abuse narcotics?

Narcotic use can cause euphoria, drowsiness, pinpoint pupils, slow and shallow breathing, convulsions, coma, and death.

Identify some strategies that schools and communities have taken to decrease the availability of drugs.

Drug-free school zones

Educational classes

Punishment of violators

Community efforts in drug abuse prevention:

List 5 signs of substance abuse.

stops attending and participating in regular activities

often get drunk or high

participate in dangerous activities

don't speak about it or lie about the drug type they are using they frequently talk about drugs

disrupted sleeping habits, along with loss of appetite and weight correspondingly

How do support groups help substance abuse?

People in a group share their problems and experiences with others, give each other advices and support them in their problems and struggles. People often find them very useful because they can share their problems with someone who is going through the same thing and can understand them completely.