1 HANDLING SOCIAL PRESSURESCHAPTER 18

2 ALCOHOL AND YOU BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION (BAC): AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL IN BLOOD EXPERIMENTATION RECREATIONAL ALCOHOL ABUSE (MOST ABUSED DRUG) DEPRESSANT

3 CONTRIBUTING FACTORS EXPECTATIONS MOOD FATIGUE MEDICAL SENSITIVITIESMISCONCEPTIONS ON PG

4 ALCOHOL AND ACCIDENTS OVER 17,000 DIE EACH YEAR(1 EVERY 30 MINUTES)OVER 300,000 ARE INJURED (1 EVERY 2 MINUTES) 1 IN 4 DRUNK DRIVERS IS INVOLVED IN A FATAL CRASH 24% OF DEATHS ARE DUE TO ALCOHOL ABOUT 30% OF US WILL BE INVOLVED SOMETIME

5 AFFECTS OF DRIVING DECREASES SKILL AND DAMAGES JUDGEMENTALCOHOL IS ABSORBED FASTER THAN FOOD HAS GREATEST EFFECT ON BRAIN DRINKERS FAIL TO WEAR SEAT BELTS MEDICAL ATTENTION MORE DIFFICULT

6 BODY AFFECTS IMPAIRS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMAFFECTS VISION IN SEVEN WAYS (PG 380) REACTION TIME AFFECTS PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY STATIC AND DYNAMIC VISION TAKES ABOUT 2 HOURS FOR BODY TO GET RID OF A DRINK

7 ALCOHOL AMOUNT ONE DRINK IMPAIRS DRIVING 40% OF ALL HIGHWAY DEATHSAS BAC RISES , SO DOES CHANCE OF A CRASH BEER IS JUST AS INTOXICATING AS HARD LIQUOR MAY WEAVE OR SWERVE

8 OTHER DRUGS NARCOTICS: HEROIN, CODEINE, MORPHINEDEPRESSANTS: ALCOHOL, SLEEPING PILLS, TRANQUILIZERS STIMULANTS: SPEED, COCAINE HALLUCINOGENS: MARIJUANA, LSD, PCP SYNERGISM: INTERACTION OF ONE DRUG WITH ANOTHER

9 LEGAL DRUGS OTC: CAN BE PURCHASED WITHOUT PRESCRIPTIONPRESCRIPTION:FOLLOW DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY DEPRESSANTS: HARMFUL EFFECT ON COORDINATION

10 PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE BAC FOR YOUNG DRIVERS IS LOWER (ZERO TOLERANCE)SUPPORT GROUPS RISK OF ALCOHOLISM DECREASES BY 14% EACH YEAR LEGAL MEASURES PG 387