chapter 5

True

Although alcohol is absorbed at different rates, metabolism occurs at a relatively defined continuous rate.

True

A person's reaction to alcohol and level of impairment depends on that persons drinking history, behavioral tolerance, etc.

correct order progression of alcohol use

Abstinence, experimentation, social/recreational, habituation, abuse, addiction

False

Alcohol abuse is defined as a compulsion to drink alcohol and an inability to stop once you start

True

Alcohol interacts with more types of receptors, neurotransmitters, and genes than do marijuana and cocaine.

Deepen

The effects of alcohol ______ negative emotions such as loneliness, depression, and anger.

increased 50%

The national minimum legal drinking age in the US is 21. Since 1993, the rate of underage drinking in the US has

True

The variation in peoples reaction to alcohol is due in part to hereditary factors that affect how efficently the body metabolizes alcohol

false

Alcohol is considered a hallucinogen

Both A and B- retrospective memory (past events) and prospective memory (day to day)

Alcoholics are likely to experince which of the following problems with their memory?

5 or more drinks for men in one sitting and 4 or more for women

Binge drinking

True

Blackouts are caused by an alcohol-induced electrochemical disruption in the brain.

False

Drinking experince, not hereidtary, affects a persons ability to tolerate a given amount of alcohol.

0.08

Every state defines the legal limit for driving while intoxicated (whether or not the driver can function) as a blood alcohol content/concentration of

decreasing/decreased

High-dose alcohol affects the CNS by ____________ its function. At higher blood alcohol levels, this leads to __________ heart rate and breathing.

25-30%

In the US, what percent of hospital admissions are due to medical complications related to alcohol abuse?

which is true about cirrohis

It is caused by the toxic effects of alcohol, free radicals, and acetaldehyde

True

Major alcohol withdrawal symptoms can develop within as short time as 7 consecutive weeks of heavy drinking.

3 hours

On average, the body can metabolize and eliminate 1 ounce of pure alcohol (the equivalent of 1.5 drinks) in what time frame?

True

Susceptibility to brownouts and blackouts is also a susceptibility to alcoholism

False

The alcohol content of most US wines is generally lower than european wines

False

The amount of pure alcohol (ethanol) consumed per capita is higher in the US than in other countries, where the drinking age is 18 pr younger

True

The effects of alcohol depend on the amount or dose ingested over a given period of time (duration).

False

The effects of long-term alcohol abuse on physical health, neurochemistry, and cellular function are fewer and less harsh than most other drugs.

9-22 years shorter than general pop.

The life-span of a chronic high-dose drinker is

Brownout

When a person has been drinking can only partially recall events that occured after drinking

True

When other depressants are used, the danger of overdose is greatly increased because metabolism of alcohol takes precendence over metabolism of other substances

10%

Worldwide, approximately what percent of all diseases and injuries are a direct result of alcohol abuse?

Which of the following would speed up the absoprtion of alcohol

drinking on an empty stomach

True

easy access to alcohol, permissive societal view to drinking, unsafe living conditions, poor nutrition and limited access ro health care and drug recovery peoframs are examples of envirnomental factors associated with increased alcohol use.

To slow the rate of alcohol absorption

eat and or dilute the alcohol with water or soda and alternate

True

one of the most long-lasting effects of alcohol abuse is an inability to experience normal sexual relationships

False

women have a higher percentage of body water than do men of comparable size, so there is more water to dilute the alcohol they drink.