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Want to know more about what happens when you:
Drink alcohol?
This resource booklet tells you all you need to know!
Be creative – make a PowerPoint presentation
Use the information (including the gory photographs) to construct a profile of
‘somebody’ who abuses alcohol. Choose your own ‘somebody’ from the pictures on
slide one, or scan in a photo of your own.
Choose information from this booklet.
Create new slides in the PowerPoint presentation.
Type in the information you have chosen or found out from other places.
Change the order of the slides to create your own presentation.
Why not prepare a presentation for:
x Your friends
x Members of your family
Find out unusual scientific facts about alcohol!
Look at some gory photos- never seen before in schools!
Discover what alcohol does to ‘somebody’ – your body!
ASE CDROM Resources – ‘Who am I?’
Inside story: the body
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Drugs are chemicals that affect how the body functions
Solvents are useful chemicals which some people abuse. Alcohol and nicotine
(tobacco) are both legal drugs that are responsible for huge numbers of deaths and
illness all over the world – and heavy drinking is often associated with heavy smoking.
Here we delve into the cells, tissues and organs of ‘somebody’ to find out how what
effect these chemicals have. The effects differ in many ways, mainly because the
chemicals enter the body by different routes.
The information is organised in the following way.
Alcohol
1.
Brain, nervous system and behaviour (page 2)
2.
A gene for alcohol abuse (page 5)
3.
Reproduction and sexual function (page 5)
4.
Heart disease (smoking and alcohol) (page 7)
5.
The liver (page 8)
6.
The gut and pancreas (page 11)
7.
Nutrition (page 12)
8.
Diabetes (page 12)
9.
Oriental flush (page 13)
10.
Five stages of drunkenness (page 13)
11.
Interesting facts on alcohol (page 14)
12.
Accidents (page 15)
13.
For further information on-line (page 15)
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