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Spotlight on Alcohol Web Exercises

Time to Hand Over the Keys?
Visit this site for more information about how alcohol impairs one's ability to operate a motor vehicle. What are some factors that influences alcohol impairment? What are some prevention strategies for alcohol-related driving accidents? Do you think these strategies are effective?

Visit the Alcohol and Transportation Safety web site
Alcohol
Visit this site to learn about the characteristics of alcohol. What factors affect how your body reacts to alcohol? What are the consequences of higher blood alcohol levels?

Visit the Alcohol and the Human Body web site
Blood Alcohol Content
Using the BAC (blood alcohol content) calculator, calculate how many drinks per hour it would take you to reach these levels. About how long would it take to metabolize this alcohol?

Visit the Test Your Alcohol Content web site
Diabetics and Alcohol
How should diabetics deal with alcohol? Should they abstain? Can they safely drink a little? Is it OK to have a glass of wine with dinner? What additional medical problems affect the answers to these questions?

Visit the Diabetes and Alcohol web site
The Culture of Alcohol
What trends do you notice in alcohol use across different age and ethnic groups and between the sexes? Can you account for some of these differences?

Visit the The Stanton Peele Addiction Web site web site

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