Alcohol

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Alcohol

• Is it a drug?
• Or
• Is it just fun?

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Street Names

• Booze
• Liquor
• Juice
• Sauce
• Brew
• Vine

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What is it?

• Alcohol is a clear drink that is made from corn,
  barley, grain, rye, or a beverage containing
  ethyl.

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How do you consume it?

• You drink it. Either in shots, or as a mixed
  drink. Beer is chugged mostly by teens, and wine
  is more of an adult beverage.

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How is Alcohol made?

• It is made by adding yeast to a substance that
  contains sugar. The yeast starts the formation
  process, which turns sugar into ethyl and carbon
  dioxide gas.  

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How is Beer made?

• Beer is made from barley malt. The people who
  brew the beer soak the barley in water to make it
  sprout. When the barley dries, they take off the
  sprouts only leaving starch, or malt. The malt is
  ground up and mixed up with water to form mash.
  This is put into another mash which contains corn
  or rice that has been crushed and heated. The
  starch from corn or rice is then changed to
  sugar. Some dried flowers are added to the mash
  to add flavor, then the mash is fermented. Then
  the brewers age the beer for several weeks to add
  taste in the beer.

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Distilled beverages

• Another type of alcoholic beverage is called a
  distilled beverage. That is made from fermented
  grain mash or fermented juice. Distilled
  beverages include drinks such as whiskey, vodka,
  liqueurs, gin, rum, and other beverages. Drinking
  alcohol damages the liver, kidneys, and lungs.

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Types
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What does it do to you body?

• 20 is absorbed into they stomach
• 80 is absorbed into the small intestine
• Everything depends on if you have a full or empty
  stomach
• How fast your body oboes alcohol
• Once it is absorbed into the tissue, it effects
  the MIND and BODY

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What it do to yo brain?

• Acute alcohol intoxication is result of changes
  in regional brain functions thus made apparent by
  changes in normal brain metabolism.  The greater
  the amount of alcohol the greater the affect on
  your brain.  A study that examined 13 brain areas
  during intoxication showed decreased absolute
  metabolism for all 13 areas. The occipital lobe
  (vision), cerebellum (balance, attention,
  movement), and temporal lobe (hearing), showed
  the greatest affect.

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What it docont

• Although all areas showed metabolic decreases,
  just knowing that these three areas showed the
  most decrease explains why intoxicated people
  show the typical drunk signs.

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Effects

• Causes you to act in ways that you wouldnt
  normally act.
• Drinking too much (binge drinking) can cause
  alcohol poisoning, which can lead to coma and
  even death.  
• Alcohol use increases the risks of liver damage,
  mouth, throat, esophagus and larynx cancer and
  heart disease.

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What are the risks of coming dependent?

• 45 percent of those who begin drinking alcohol
  before the age of 14 become alcohol dependent at
  some time in their lives, compared with 10 of
  those who wait at least until age 21.
• Early drinking onset has been linked to
  unintentional injuries, car crashes, physical
  fights, unplanned sex, and academic
  underachievement in teens.
• Each year, an estimated 7,000 people under the
  age of 21 die from alcohol-related injuries.

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Where can they get help?

• If you have a drinking problem and are underage,
  the first thing to do is to tell someone. Either
  a counselor, your parents, a teacher.
• Then they can help you find somewhere a program
  or a place to get you clean and away from the
  substance, and teach you how to cope with
  alcoholism.