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Samy Chae Mrs. Deibert Health 11 May 3, 2012

Homework: Chapter 22 Alcohol

1. Explain the depressant effects of alcohol. Ethanol is the substance that is a central nervous system depressant. Depressants slow the function of the central nervous system. A person also can experience blurry vision, balance problems, and slurred speech. Alcohol is a depressant in which it quickly affects a persons motor skills by slowing reaction time, impairing vision, and shuts down involuntary actions such as breathing and gag reflex that prevents chocking. Alcohol diminishes clear thinking and good judgment which, basically, affects healthful decisions that you could make. 2. How might alcohol affect your ability to make healthful decision? It slows down your reaction time, impairing vision and so you will be able to make stupid decision not able to think correctly. You will be able to not think straight because of the lack of oxygen you get and the ethanol that changes your brain state. Therefore, your brain will work less and wont be able to think as usual in normal life. 3. Explain why refusing alcohol will help you avoid unsafe situations such as sexual assault or violence. The refusal of alcohol will help you to avoid many things such as unsafe situations like sexual assault and violence for several reasons. As known, teens that drink alcohol are more likely to be victims or perpetrators of violent crimes such as rape, aggravated assaults, and robbery. They are also more likely to take parts in a fight which would result in school or police action. Alcohol use impairs a persons judgment, lowers his or her inhibitions, and compromises his or her moral standards. As a result, when you are drunk you have a higher chance to engage in sexual activity at an earlier age, engage in sexual activity more often, and to engage in an unprotected sexual activity than a person who does not use alcohol. Therefore, it is good to refuse taking alcohol, or drinking, because it will help you avoid unsafe situations such as sexual assault and violence. 4. Explain ways families can have positive influence on teens decisions about alcohol use. Families can explain the dangers of alcohol and teach them about how to control the use of alcohol. They should also be good examples of not drinking alcohol and abusing the normal usage. Teens cite parental disapproval as a number one reason for not using alcohol. Therefore, teens are more likely to not drink due to the families positive influence on them, avoiding alcohol usage.

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5. Why do you think some teens experiment with alcohol even though underage drinking is illegal and unsafe? Teens experiment with alcohol because of many things. Teens can have a lot of pressure so they can misuse the alcohol to get rid of pressure or stress. Another factor could be they drink in order to be a conformist among a group or to be cool among other teens. Lastly there will be teens that are curious when they see other adults drinking alcohol. 6. What can adults do to discourage carless drinking among teens? Adults can punish the teens and give them consequences which will make the teens to stop doing it. Adults can also show the dangers of drinking and its dangerous effect it can give you diseases. They can take to the alcohol care center and show them the what alcohol did to the people. 7. What responsibility do you think teens have to discourage their friends from drinking? The teens could prevent or encourage their friends to stop drinking and warning the dangers of drinking. Teens could make their friends to not drive after drinking, or prevent them from becoming violent or anger. 8. Explain how excess drinking can affect a persons finance? Buying alcohol is very expensive if a lot of alcohol is needed for excess drinking. The persons finance would be cut down hugely by alcohol and it could lead them to bankruptcy or even in debt. Because they are dependent on the alcohol, they want to buy more and it becomes a cycle just like drugs such as heroin. 9. Explain how excess drinking can affect the family? Excess drinking can bring a family apart. The husband can abuse his wife violently which could have negative affect on the children when they will be parents. (Being bad examples) It would bring a divorce among the married couple. 10. Explain what diseases may result or an increase risk as a result of excess drinking? You can have liver disease, breast cancer, liver cancer, head and neck cancer, pancreatic cancer, damage to brain 11. What do you consider the most serious danger of teen alcohol consumption? Why? I believe the serious danger is not the person just getting cancer or long term diseases but it is the harm it could give such as homicides. I dont care if the teen is affected by the alcohol but I do care the teen bringing violence and murder in society and that is the most serious danger of teen alcohol consumption.

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12. Drinking and driving what is the law here in Austria? In Austria, driving and drinking is illegal. Driving is at age 18 and drinking is at age 16. 13. What is the law about drinking and driving from you is from? In Korea and Romania, drinking and driving is illegal. Driving at age 18 and drinking is at age 18. So there are more possibilities of drinking and driving. 14. What responsibilities does the driver have when attending a party? The driver has the responsibility no not drink at a party because he will be driving back home. However if he drinks, he must take a cab back home or any other public transportation. 15. How does the abuse/misuse of alcohol negatively affect society? When you are drunk, you can damage society property, destroy societys quietness. By being drunk, you can be bad demonstrations for the children in the society and encourage drinking. Because you cannot make good choices, you can litter places. You can bring emotional pain to the people. 16. How could a baby be potentially affected if the mom had alcohol while pregnant? A Baby cannot breakdown alcohol as the same rate as the mother, can harm fetus, birth defects, can also lead to miscarriage, premature delivery and stillbirth. Alcohol interferes with ability to get enough oxygen and nourishment for normal cell development in the brain and other organs. (FAS) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 17. List 5 potential long term effects of a person who misuse/ abuse alcohol? The 5 potential long term effect of a person is alcoholism, cardiovascular disease, malabsorption, chronic pancreatitis, alcoholic liver disease and cancer. (Damages to central nervous system and peripheral nervous system.)