Martin Prendergast Effects of alcohol on the brain Our society has always been surrounded by alcohol and has suffered from the effects of it. Alcoholism and binge drinking is one of the leading causes of death in America. Not only does alcohol destroy your body and mind but it also impairs your judgment and decreases your mobility and motor control. Abuse and alcohol related problems have always been around but the numbers are steadily increasing and the age of youth drinkers has also increased
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How alcohol intake can impact your baby Drinking alcohol even in small amounts‚ may affect the baby’s health‚ confirm experts. When pregnant‚ mothers-to-be are not expected to drink and are discouraged to even sip a wine‚ which may have an impact on the baby. Alcohol just like other substance abuse‚ can cause harmful effects. But how do we determine this? How do we know that alcohol can and does have an impact on the child? Alcohol can pass on to the baby from the mother via the blood stream. It
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Alcohol was brought to the U.S. in 1621 throughout the time It was consumed it has been prohibited and as it is now is only available to those of a certain age. Alcohol has been legal for many years it is socially acceptable compared to marijuana but it does much more harm than marijuana. There’s more chance that someone could die from alcohol than marijuana.Although marijuana is a drug it does not ring long-term problems such as alcohol does. I believe that we as a society don’t take the consumption
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of alcohol on the fetus‚ the many effects and harms associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome‚ and treatment for fetal alcohol syndrome. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome l. how consuming alcohol affects a fetus A. Definition of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 1. Use Medical encyclopedia example 2. When you drink‚ the baby drinks too‚ not well for developing organs and brain cells. B. There are no safe levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy 1. The more alcohol consumed
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Gas Chromatography: Purifying alcohol Introduction The goal of this lab is to understand the principles of chromatography by purifying alcohol using fractional distillation. Running standards with gas chromatography we were able to see and calibrate our data to find not only how much ethanol our alcohol attained but also what a mixed unknown sample contained. Chromatography is a way of being able to separate substances in solution that can help not only identify the analytes (the studied
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Alcohol Abuse in the Restaurant Industry Shelsie Ann Lawrence University of West Florida Alcohol Abuse in the Restaurant Industry The purpose of this paper is to look at the high incidence of alcohol abuse in the restaurant industry and the possible causes. I will use studies done‚ but also incidences from my own personal experience of 15 years in the restaurant industry. Background The American Psychological Association defines alcohol abuse as‚ “a drinking pattern that results in significant
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The effects of alcohol have an effect on the brain vary as the amount of alcohol is consumed into the blood stream. The first part of the brain to be effected by the consumption of alcohol is Cerebral Cortex. This is the region of the brain that process the though process and consciousness. The effect of this region is that it suppress the inhibition-processing center‚ it affects the eyes‚ ears‚ and mouth senses. The next level in the blood level alcohol content is it affects the Cerebellum in the
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Advertising Tobacco and Alcohol to Children In his Theory of Moral Sentiment‚ Adam Smith said‚ "Man ought to regard himself‚ not as something separated and detached‚ but as a citizen of the world‚ a member of the vast commonwealth of nature and to the interest of this great community‚ he ought at all times to be willing that his own little interest should be sacrificed." These words should ring loud and clear in the ears of alcohol and tobacco marketing professionals. However‚ it seems more
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CASE STUDY Brian is married with two teenage children. He set up his own company‚ a packaging business 10 years ago‚ and has worked hard to make it viable. During this time his use of alcohol has increased. He currently uses alcohol on a daily basis and often consumes a 1.5L of bottle of spirits a day. He hides this from his wife‚ but she has recently wanted to talk about this‚ and is angry and frustrated with him. A recent back injury prompted him to go to his GP‚ who prescribed a codeine based
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1) http://www.youngmenshealthsite.org/alcohol_effects_on_brain_and_body.html Drinking alcohol: Slows down your reaction time Makes you less coordinated Impairs your vision Makes it harder to thinking clearly and make good decisions Getting “drunk” (or intoxicated) is your body’s reaction to drinking too much alcohol. This happens when someone is binge drinking. Additionally‚ when you’re drunk: Your brain function is impaired Your blood vessels dilate; this means that you feel warmer‚
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