Can You Handle It?

Can You Facethe

Possible
Consequences of
your Actions?
Did You
Know…
Alcohol is


the most
common
substance
abused by
teenagers.
Are You a
 Are You Aware …
www.dontserveteens.gov/dangers.html

Chugging Alcohol can

lead to:
Signs
Can’t Communicate
Can’t Wake UP
Slow or Irregular
Breathing
Seizures
Pukes While Passed
FACT: Over 50,000 cases of Alcohol Out
Poisoning are reported each Low Body Temp
year. Over 1 in 1000 result in Bluish Skin Color
DEATH. 
 Risks:
Sexual Assaults
Unplanned Pregnancy
STDs
Physical Assaults
Injuries
Death
FACT: 60% Of STD
Infections are
alcohol-related.

Risks:
Death
FACT: 1 in 12 binge
drinkers die from
choking on vomit
Risks:
§Arrested for DUI
§Car Wreck Drunk Driving
§Death
§Charged with Vehicular
Homicide
Excerpt From
Blue Highway
by Diane
Tullson:

FACT: 8 teens die

daily in alcohol-
related crashes
 Test YOUR
Knowledge: Quiz:
http://alcohol.bitglyph.com/BarExam.php

Get Informed:
www.thecoolspot.gov

Be
Alcohol is a leading factor in the 3
leading causes of death for 15-to-24-
year-olds:
1.Car crashes
2.Homicide
Responsible
3.Suicide
4.
Annually, more than 5,000 deaths of
people under age 21 are linked to
underage drinking
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Alagna, Magdalena. The Dangers of Binge Drinking. New York: The Rosen
Publishing
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Dangers of Teen Drinking. We Don’t Serve Teens, 2010. Web. 15 March

2010.

www.dontserveteens.gov/dangers.html

Hanson, David. Alcohol Problems and Solutions. “Bar Exam”. State

University of New

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http://alcohol.bitglyph.com/BarExam.php

The Cool Spot. The Cool Spot National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and
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Thompson, Tamara. Drunk Driving. New York: GreenhavenPress, 2008.

Print.

Tullson, Diane. Blue Highway. Ontario: Fitzhenry& Whiteside, 2004.

Print.