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Can cause risk of stroke

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Can effect studying and learning.

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Is an addictive drug.

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Isn't good for kids who aren't fully developed.

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Slow down how brain and nervous system work.

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Is a depressant

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Intoxication: a state in which a person's normal compacity to act or reason is inhabited by alcohol or drugs.

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Can lead to intoxication

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At first feel energized and excited, but that only lasts a little while.

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Classified as a depressant.

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Messes with levels of neurotransmitters that sends messages to the body

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Can take 6 mins at the least for drug to enter brain

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In worse situations, can lead to death.

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Can lead to a coma too.

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Brain cells can swell

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Can pass out

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You also can't react to things

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Once drunk, you can't think anymore

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But addiction can follow, as normal production of neurotransmitters becomes badly disrupted and the drug is needed only to keep user from experiencing the pain of withdrawal.

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Addictive drugs prevent the reabsorption of excess dopamine and block the production of GABA. The result of this, is being high.

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Other nerve cells release GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter that prevents the receiving neuron from becoming overstimulated.

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When reaches opposite side, binds to receptors in receiving neuron, producing jolt of pleasure. Excess dopamine is taken back up by sending the neuron.

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Dopamine's job in process is ferry the signal across the synapse.

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Signal passed on to the next neuron across a gap called a synapse.

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Neurons that lie along the reward route communicate by sending electrical signals down their axons.

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Feel good when neurons in rewards pathway release a neurotransmitter called dopamine into the nucleus accumbens and other brain areas,

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If continue to drink, tend to lose concentration and become sleepy

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Most of time alcohol fist gets to brain, feel relaxed / happy

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Considered depressing drug, but effects come to us in different ways

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Kills brain cells - so that don't have any brain cells to think

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Prevents neurons from being able to study or coordinate emotions more efficiently

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Harder effect on children than adults, because still making synapses or connections between neurons (cells) in brain

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Causes severe problems in learning and growth & devlopment

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Slows down brain/reaction time

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damages the brain in way do things, how you talk, how act & reflexes

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When gets to brain, goes right to nervous cells

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After 1 drink, alcohol starts kick in. If stop after one,  its effects on brain and body lasts

about 1 hour.

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Each new drink, effect grows stronger & lasts longer.