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Alcohol Questions and Answers Already Passed Understand why people use alcohol ✔✔To socialize, celebrate, and decompress Define alcohol and its Effects ✔✔Alcohol is a central nervous system... depressant, which impairs movement and thinking. Effects: - As alcohol concentrations increase, more functions are depressed, and greater impairment occurs Describe the concept of a standard drink ✔✔One standard drink: - 12 oz beer - 8-9 oz of malt liquor - 5 oz of table wine - 1.5 oz shot (80 proof distilled spirits) Describe factors that influence alcohol absorption ✔✔- Food in the stomach - Gender - Age - Drug interaction - Cigarette smoking - Mood and physical condition - Alcohol concentration - Carbonation Describe BAC ✔✔Measure of amount of alcohol in grams in 100 milliliters of blood. Example: 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood, the BAC is .08% Describe how women/men are physiologically affected by alcohol consumption ✔✔Women are generally have a higher BAC than men due to the following: - Less body weight - Higher body fat percentage - Alcohol dehydrogenase differences - Menstrual cycle - Use of oral contraceptives Describe problems associated with sexual health and alcohol consumption ✔✔Higher chance of STIs (bad decisions while having sex) Describe the societal problems associated with alcohol use ✔✔- Unintentional injuries (e.g., car crashes, falls, burns, drowning) - Intentional injuries (e.g., firearm injuries, sexual assault, domestic violence) - Alcohol poisoning - Academic problems - Sexually transmitted infections - Unintended pregnancy Describe binge drinking and heavy drinking and the associated health problems ✔✔Binge drinking: Consuming 5 or more drinks for a man or 4 or more drinks for a woman in a two hour period. Heavy Drinking: Drinking 5 or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days. Describe how socioeconomic status impacts the use of alcohol ✔✔Modern alcoholic: - female - white, well educated - professional - high functioning - high bottom (doesn't hit rock bottom easily) Describe how marketing and the sale of alcohol impacts use ✔✔Seen as desirable. Sex appeal. get more women etc. Describe harm reduction policies aimed at decreasing alcohol consumption ✔✔- Regulate the marketing of alcoholic beverages - Regulate and restrict availability of alcohol - Enact appropriate drinking & driving policies - Reduce demand through taxation & pricing mechanisms - Raising awareness of public health problems - Providing accessible and affordable treatment what does alcohol proof mean? ✔✔Proof is the government documentation of a distilled beverage's alcohol content. cut the number in half, get the actual amount of alcohol in the bottle. 80 proof means 40 percent of the liquid in the bottle is alcohol. [Show More]

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