Wine Coolers
Wine Coolers: The Uncool Coolers Alcohol is alcohol. Wine coolers taste sweet and syrupy because they are made of fruit juice and sugar. But unlike fruit juice or soft drinks, they also contain enough wine to give them the same amount of alcohol as a can of beer. Wine coolers also have more than double the calories of most light beers. Wine coolers are a product of the 1980s. They were invented by two California businessmen who thought there might be a big market for “an alcoholic soft drink.” In 1985 they sold their business to a large liquor manufacturer for $143 million. Today...
Read MoreFetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) causes growth deficiency and abnormally low weight, facial abnormalities, short height, and small head circumference. When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol it reaches the baby in 1 minute and may remain for hours. The number one birth defect, probably throughout the whole world, is entirely preventable if pregnant women do not drink! As adults – height and head circumference remain below normal size. It also interferes with the central nervous system and reduces typically the IQ of a person from an early age all the way up to age 24. Significant changes occur...
Read MoreTobacco
Tobacco is an addictive and deadly drug! Tobacco is a plant which it’s leaves are dried then smoked or chewed. Some of the common forms of Tobacco are: Cigarettes, Cigars, Pipes, Smokeless as spit, chew or dip. There are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke and many are poisonous such as: Ammonia (toilet cleaner), Formaldehyde (funeral preservative), Cadmium (battery chemical), Butane (cigarette lighter fluid), Vinyl chloride (plastic pipe), DDT (insecticide), Arsenic (poison), Methanol (rocket fuel), Carbon monoxide, Naphthylamine (Known to cancer-causing substance), Acetone...
Read MoreDrug Free Pledge Cards
Isn’t it time to take a personal stand and pledge for yourself to abstain from Drugs and Alcohol? bove are two pledge cards which you can printout and sign. It’s time to live the vibrant, health and happy life that God intended for you! Make the choice and feel the difference! Also here are two links to PDF files which you can print out and share with your friends and family if you wish. Orange Drug Free Youth Promise Business Card and Green Drug Free Youth Promise Business Card ...
Read MoreAttempted Rape: What to do?
If someone tries to force sexual activity on you, take the following actions recommended by the US Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Be aware that the presence of alcohol or other drugs can make the situation more difficult to deal with. Stay calm and think. Assess your situation quickly. Stay no strongly. Do not smile. Do not act friendly or polite. Say something like, “Stop it. This is rape.” It might shock the rapist into stopping. Look for an escape route. There is no shame in escaping a dangerous situation. If you can figure out a way to distract the attacker,...
Read MoreAlcohol, the partner in Rape and other Violence
Alcohol, the partner in Rape and other Violence More often than not, alcohol plays a role in acts of aggression and violence. Under its influence, you could become a victim – or a criminal. The evening wasn’t supposed to end like this. Lisa bit her lip, staring at her tear-stained face in the mirror jumbled scenes of last night’s date with Rob flashed painfully through her head. It had seemed so innocent. A movie. A few beers. A little flirting and kissing. Suddenly Rob wouldn’t stop. He was all over her – groping, pinning her down, hitting her when she tried to...
Read MoreMarijuana
Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug in the United States. It is a dry, shredded green/brown mix of flowers, stems, and leaves of the plant Cannabis sativa. A stronger form of marijuana called hashish (hash) looks like brown or black cakes or balls. The many street names for marijuana include pot, herb, weed, grass, Jane, reefer, dope, and ganja. Marijuana is typically smoked in cigarettes (joints or spliffs), hollowed-out cigars (blunts), pipes (bowls), or water pipes (bongs). Some people mix it into food or brew it as a tea. Short-Term Effects The main active chemical in...
Read MoreCaffeine
Caffeine is a drug that is naturally produced in the leaves and seeds of many plants. It’s also produced artificially and added to certain foods. Caffeine is defined as a drug because it stimulates the central nervous system, causing increased alertness. Caffeine gives most people a temporary energy boost and elevates mood. Caffeine is in tea, coffee, chocolate, many soft drinks, and pain relievers and other over-the-counter medications. In its natural form, caffeine tastes very bitter. But most caffeinated drinks have gone through enough processing to camouflage the bitter...
Read MoreAlcohol
Alcohol intoxication destroys the liver and affects the brain, causing slurred speech, clumsiness, and delayed reflexes. Severe alcohol poisoning can be fatal. A blood alcohol content of .45% in test animals results in a median lethal dose. This means that .45% is the concentration of blood alcohol that is fatal in 50% of the test subjects. That is about six times the level of ordinary intoxication (0.08%), but vomiting or unconsciousness may occur much sooner in people who have a low tolerance for alcohol. The high tolerance of chronic heavy drinkers may allow some of them to remain...
Read MoreCigarettes
The health effects of tobacco are the circumstances, mechanisms, and factors of tobacco consumption on human health. Epidemiological research has been focused primarily on cigarette tobacco smoking, which has been studied more extensively than any other form of consumption. Tobacco is the single greatest cause of preventable death in the US and worldwide. Tobacco use leads most commonly to diseases affecting the heart and lungs, with smoking being a major risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, high blood pressure, and various forms of cancer. The effects...
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