Alcohol Notes

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Alcohol Notes

• Mr. Sierer

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• Depressant- slows down the working of the
• brain and other parts of the
• nervous system

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• 2 Types
• Methyl- wood alcohol
• Ethyl- from fruits and grains

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• Proof- is percent alcohol
• take the proof and divide by 2 and that
• will give you the percent alcohol

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• Amount of alcohol in a drink is about ½ ounce
• of alcohol
• 1 drink is 12 oz can of beer
• 4 oz glass of wine
• 1 ½ oz shot of hard liquor

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• Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) or
• Blood Alcohol Level (BAL)
• -Amount of alcohol in a persons blood is
• expressed by a percentage
• .1 1/10 of 1 of fluid is alcohol
• .08 legally intoxicated
• .20 slurred speech, loss of coordination
• .30 pass out
• .40 death (alcohol coma)

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• The body can break down ½ ounce of
• alcohol an hour.

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Things that determine how quicklyalcohol affects
someone

• Body type
• Gender- male or female
• Weight and metabolism

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• 2. What you have eaten

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• 3. What you are drinking and how much
• carbonation increases the absorption rate
• of alcohol

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• 4. Other drugs being used
• Alcohol is a magnifier

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• 5. Mental State