The Health Risks of The Health Risks of Alcohol UseAlcohol Use

Ch. 21Ch. 21

Pg: 566 - 571Pg: 566 - 571

Interactive Study GuideInteractive Study Guide1. Open: iSwifter APP

2. Open the bookmarks tab and choose: “Glencoe chapter activities”

3. Drop Down: “Chapter Activities”

4. Choose: “Chapter 21”

5. Open: “Interactive Study Guides”

6. Open: “Lesson #1”

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Choosing to be alcohol freeChoosing to be alcohol free

• Objective 1: Identify the factors that influence alcohol’s effects.

• Objective 2: Identify the short-term effects of alcohol.

• Objective 3: Identify the long-term effects of alcohol

• Objective 4: Describe binge drinking and alcohol poisoning.

Questions??Questions??• Do you feel that teenage drinking is a

problem? Why??• http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=

4211602n&tag=mncol;lst;6• Do you feel that adult drinking is a

problem? Why??• What can adults do to discourage drinking

among teens?• What responsibility do you think teens

have to discourage their friends from drinking?

AlcoholAlcohol

• Ethanol: the type of alcohol in alcoholic beverages. This is a powerful

and addictive drug.

AlcoholAlcohol

• Alcohol is a depressant: A drug that slows the central nervous system.

• Slows reaction time, impairs vision, and diminishes judgment.

• 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.

Factors that influence alcohol’s Factors that influence alcohol’s effects effects

• Body Size• Gender: Females have less water than males.

The enzyme that controls alcohol processing is 70% more effective in males than females.

• Food: Slows the passage of alcohol into the blood stream.

• Rate of intake: How fast they drink• Amount: How much they drink• Medicine: alcohol can interfere with the effects of

meds and heighten the effects of alcohol.

EffectsEffects of alcohol activity of alcohol activity

1. Students are to work in groups of 2

2. Pass out the worksheet titled “Effects of alcohol”

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QEmCokxUL4rT3yzOoHszyMnjQkA2aqFAGzfzZEu6jK4/edit?usp=sharing

Bodies not designed to handle Bodies not designed to handle alcoholalcohol

Run time 6:09

Long term effects of alcoholLong term effects of alcohol

•Effects of alcohol video clip:– http://video.foxnews.com/v/2155575655001/

startling-new-study-on-alcohol-use-in-america/

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FeCOE4A9Xk

Binge DrinkingBinge Drinking

• Drinking 5 or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting.

• Problem among young people

• Dangerous because it is possible to consume a fatal dose of alcohol

Alcohol PoisoningAlcohol Poisoning

• A severe and potentially fatal physical reaction to an alcohol overdose.

• Since alcohol is a depressant, it shuts down involuntary actions such as breathing and the gag reflex that prevents choking.

Effects of alcohol poisoning Effects of alcohol poisoning pg 570pg 570

• Mental confusion & stupor

• Coma and an inability to be roused

• Vomiting and seizures

• Slow respiration

• Irregular heartbeat

• Hypothermia (pale or bluish skin color)• http://www.nbcchicago.com/video/#!/news/local/22-Warrants-

Issued-After-NIU-Fraternity-Death/183884271

Interactive health tutorInteractive health tutor

1. Open: iSwifter APP

2. Open the bookmarks tab and choose: “Glencoe chapter activities”

3. Drop Down: “Chapter Activities”

4. Choose: “Chapter 21”

5. Open: “Interactive Health Tutor”

6. Open: “chapter 21a”

• http://glencoe.com/olc_games/game_engine/content/gln_health/gln_health_09/conc_game/english/ch21a/index.html