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    Alcohol is created by adding water, flavorings, and minerals to ethanol. It acts as a depressant that initially causes an energizing effect but eventually leads to intoxication and impairment of mental and physical abilities. Short term effects include impacts to brain function, increased heart rate, potential vomiting, and significantly increased risks while driving. Long term excessive alcohol use can lead to brain damage, fetal alcohol syndrome, and liver diseases like cirrhosis.

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    Alcohol is created by adding water, flavorings, and minerals to ethanol. It acts as a depressant that initially causes an energizing effect but eventually leads to intoxication and impairment of mental and physical abilities. Short term effects include impacts to brain function, increased heart rate, potential vomiting, and significantly increased risks while driving. Long term excessive alcohol use can lead to brain damage, fetal alcohol syndrome, and liver diseases like cirrhosis.

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    Alcohol is created by adding water, flavorings, and minerals to ethanol. It acts as a depressant that initially causes an energizing effect but eventually leads to intoxication and impairment of mental and physical abilities. Short term effects include impacts to brain function, increased heart rate, potential vomiting, and significantly increased risks while driving. Long term excessive alcohol use can lead to brain damage, fetal alcohol syndrome, and liver diseases like cirrhosis.

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    Alcohol is created by adding water, flavorings, and minerals to ethanol. It acts as a depressant that initially causes an energizing effect but eventually leads to intoxication and impairment of mental and physical abilities. Short term effects include impacts to brain function, increased heart rate, potential vomiting, and significantly increased risks while driving. Long term excessive alcohol use can lead to brain damage, fetal alcohol syndrome, and liver diseases like cirrhosis.

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    ALCOHOL

    WHAT IS ALCOHOL?

    • Water, flavorings, organic matter and


    minerals are added to ethanol to form beer
    and wine.
    • Alcohol can be altered to create liquors such
    as whiskey, gin and vodka.

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    WHAT IS ALCOHOL?

    • When alcohol is first consumed, it may


    give the drinker a certain energy or “buzz”
    • However alcohol is actually a depressant
    that causes the CNS to slow down.
    • It’s only a matter of time until the person
    becomes drunk……

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    WHAT IS ALCOHOL?

    Intoxication: is a limitation of the body’s


    physical and mental status, ranging from
    feeling energized to being unconscious.

    4
    SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

    BRAIN
    • Alcohol can reach the brain in a
    short amount of time and the
    brain’s ability to control the body is
    greatly affected. Fine motor skills,
    speech, and vision may be affected.
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    SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

    HEART
    • Alcohol causes the heart rate to
    increase and the blood vessels to
    expand. Due to the expanded blood
    vessels, blood is circulated closer to
    the outer most layer of skin, allowing
    the body’s heat to escape easier. 6
    SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

    LIVER
    • The liver is the organ that processes the
    alcohol in the body and turns it back into
    water and carbon dioxide.
    • When more alcohol is consumed faster than
    the liver can handle, the alcohol continues to
    circulate the blood stream causing
    intoxication.
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    SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

    Respiratory System
    • The lungs release carbon dioxide
    from the body while a person is
    breathing.
    • The water passes out of the body
    in the form of urine, perspiration,
    and breath vapor. 8
    SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

    STOMACH
    • Some of the alcohol consumed by a
    person will pass through the lining of
    their stomach to reach the bloodstream.
    • Ingesting too much alcohol in a short
    amount of time my cause the stomach to
    reject the poison and vomiting may occur.
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    SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

    • Alcohol can affect a persons judgment and


    may interfere with a persons ability to
    control decisions, behavior and emotions.
    • The chances of contracting sexually
    transmitted diseases, unplanned
    pregnancies, and violence is greatly
    increased when a person is under the
    influence of alcohol.
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    SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

    Drinking & Driving:


    • Alcohol reduces a persons ability to judge distances,
    speeds, and turns.
    • Makes a person take risks they normally would not.
    • Slows down a persons reflexes.
    • The most deadly short term effect of alcohol is
    driving under the influence of alcohol. (DUI)

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    SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

    • Driving under the influence of alcohol is the


    leading cause of death among teenagers.
    • On average 11 teenagers are killed and 350
    injured everyday in the U.S. due to drunk driving.

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    LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

    • Long-term excessive use of alcohol can


    lead to severe brain damage.
    • Moderate drinking can result in the loss
    of brain cells.
    • Loss of brain cells can cause impairment
    of intellectual abilities like memory and
    problem solving.
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    LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

    • If you choose to continue to use alcohol while


    you are pregnant with a baby, many different
    problem can arise. Whatever a mother
    consumes the baby also consumes. If a mother
    is drunk, there is a good chance here unborn
    baby is also.
    • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome results from prolonged
    use of alcohol while pregnant. It can lead to
    many birth defects such as low birth weight,
    deformation, developmental difficulties, mental
    impairments, even death. 14
    LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

    • Alcohol also interferes with the livers ability to


    function properly.
    • The liver is unable to break down fats creating a
    fatty build up within the liver that prohibits it
    from functioning properly.
    • Longtime heavy use of alcohol can cause a
    condition call Cirrhosis. This is a condition in
    which liver tissue is destroyed and then
    replaced with scarred tissue.
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