ALCOHOL

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ALCOHOL
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ALCOHOL

• Beer made by fermenting barley. 4 alcohol
• Malt Liquor beer with a higher alcohol content
• Wine made by fermenting grapes. 12-14
  alcohol
• Liquor made by distillation. 20 alcohol

• Proof double the percent of alcohol in the
  beverage.
• Binge Drinking 5 or more drinks in a row by a
  male and four by a female.

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Effects of Alcohol on the Body

• Nervous System
• Digestive System
• Immune System
• Cardiovascular System
• Skeletal System
• Urinary System
• Reproductive System

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Effects of Alcohol on Thinking and Decision Making

• False Sense of Self Confidence
• Impaired Judgment.
• Giving in to negative peer pressure.
• Intensified sexual feelings.
• Impaired Reaction Time and Coordination.
• Aggressive Behavior
• Hangover
• Blackouts

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Drinking Alcohol and the Risk of Violence and
illegal Behavior

• Violence
• Domestic Violence
• Rape
• Suicide
• Lawbreaking
• Violating School
• Drinking While Driving

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Drinking and Driving

• 276 Alcohol Related Deaths in Kentucky
• Alcohol related crashes kill someone every 31
  minutes and injure some every 2 minutes
• 3 out of every 10 people will be involved in an
  alcohol related crash.
• 3 times more alcohol related crashes at night

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Never Drink And Drive

• In 1995, Denise Wagoner was involved in a near
  fatal car crash, the victim of an
  impaired driver. She had multiple skull
  fractures, a crunched vertebrae, crushed ribs,
  and a swollen brain.  Every facial bone was
  broken,her arm was broken, and she lost her
  sight.  Doctors did not expect her to
  live another 24 hours.  Denise survived, later
  to have extensive surgery fifteen times, seven
  onher face alone. She is now disfigured and
  blindwith permanent brain damage.  This
  life changing experience was the result of her
  ownactions.  Denise was the impaired driver.

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