Alcohol By Luke Perkins and Kaleb

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How alcohol affects the brain

• Difficulty walking• Blurred vision• Slurred speech• Slow reaction• Impaired memory

Other effects • Alcohol can produce detectable

impairments in memory after only a few drinks and, as the amount of alcohol increases, so does the degree of impairment.

• Large quantities of alcohol, especially when consumed quickly and on an empty stomach, can produce a blackout

More effects * When a person drinks alcohol, the

alcohol is absorbed by the stomach, enters the bloodstream, and goes to all the tissues.

* 250,000 people have died in alcohol-related accidents in the past 10 years; 25,000 people die each year; 500 people are killed weekly and 71 people daily in alcohol.

Some other names for alcohol are

•Booze, Brew, Cold One, Juice, Sauce, Wahoo Juice

Alcohol use percentage

Resources • http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa63/aa63.htm• http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/drug_guide/Alcohol • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-term_effects_of_alcohol • Google images

Don’t drink and drive