ALCOHOL ABUSE
V. Ryan © 2010-2018
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Children and young adults try alcohol this is a fact. Recent research suggests that the majority of children have tried alcohol. Alcohol is a drug and can be very dangerous. |
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1. What is the legal age at which you can purchase alcoholic drinks? Tick the correct answer. | |
16 years - 18 years - 21 years | |
2. What do you think of drinking (under the
legal age), under the supervision of your parents / guardians? You may consider this as fine, as your parents keep an eye on you and make sure that you only have a glass of wine with a meal. |
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3. What do you think of
drinking under the age of 18, without the knowledge of your parents /
guardians? What can it lead to? Consider the following points - Drinking with friends or with groups - what can happen if you drink too much - accidents and violence - drinking at parties. |
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4. Why do you think young people start to drink alcohol? The key words / phrases may help you answer this question. | |
EXPERIMENTATION EXCITEMENT FEELING LIKE AN ADULT BECAUSE THEIR FRIENDS DRINK FEELS GOOD INCREASES CONFIDENCE REDUCES INHIBITIONS - PEOPLE DO THINGS THEY WOULD NORMALLY NOT DO |
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5. Listed below are some of the short term and long term dangers of young people drinking alcohol? Place an ‘S’ next to short term dangers and a ‘L’ next to long term dangers. | |
HEARING, AND
COORDINATION HANGOVERS RISKY BEHAVIOURS LIKE DRUG USE LOSS OF APPETITE STOMACH AILMENTS MEMORY LOSS HIGH RISK FOR OVERDOSING |
DISTORTED VISION ALTERED PERCEPTIONS AND EMOTIONS IMPAIRED JUDGMENT BAD BREATH CIRRHOSIS AND CANCER OF THE LIVER SERIOUS VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES HEART AND CENTRAL NERVOUS |
6. What is ‘binge’ drinking? | |
Which of the following facts are true / false? | |
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