EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

1. GIN - a colorless alcoholic beverage made by distilling or redistilling rye or other grain spirits and adding juniper berries or aromatics such as anise, caraway seeds, or angelica root as flavoring.VODKA - originally distilled from fermented wheat mash but now also made from a mash of rye, corn, or potatoes.RUM - distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. WHISKEY - distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley.TEQUILA - an alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.RED WINE - wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes.WHITE WINE - any wine of a clear, transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; -- distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and Burgundy.CHAMPAGNE - a sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne. EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL By: Briana Held, LiaSarandos, Thomas Chiappetta, and Daniel Reinhold

2. How alcohol cant affect your body: • Brain:Alcohol interferes with the brain’s communication pathways, and can affect the way the brain looks and works. These disruptions can change mood and behavior, and make it harder to think clearly and move with coordination.   • Heart:Drinking a lot over a long time or too much on a single occasion can damage the heart, causing problems including: • Cardiomyopathy – Stretching and drooping of heart muscle • Arrhythmias – Irregular heart beat • Stroke • High blood pressure   • Immune System:Drinking too much can weaken your immune system, making your body a much easier target for disease.  Chronic drinkers are more liable to contract diseases like pneumonia and tuberculosis than people who do not drink too much.  Drinking a lot on a single occasion slows your body’s ability to ward off infections – even up to 24 hours after getting drunk. • Liver:Heavy drinking takes a toll on the liver, and can lead to a variety of problems and liver inflammations including: • Alcoholic hepatitis • Fibrosis • Every day, almost 30 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. This amounts to one death every 48 minutes. In 2010, 10,228 people were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for nearly one-third of all traffic-related deaths in the United States. • In 2010, over 1.4 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. • Who is most at risk? • Young people: • At all levels of blood alcohol concentration (BAC), the risk of being involved in a crash is greater for young people than for older people. Drinking can: MESS UP YOUR HEAD Being drunk is a condition in which a person has overdosed on a drug. Alcohol is an anesthetic drug. It puts the brain to sleep .It should come as no surprise that people who drink start experiencing problems at school. CAUSE A DRUG ADDICTION Alcohol is a drug. It’s also an addicting drug; 3.3 million young men and women under 20 are problem drinkers. Alcoholism in adolescents develops rapidly, with some teens becoming alcoholics within six months after taking their first drink. Nineteen out of 100 young people 12 to 17 years old are defined as having a serious drinking problem. • Cirrhosis