HE101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Liver Disease, Binge Drinking, Clinical Urine Tests
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Alcohol use is common: 78% of canadians report past-year use. Moderate consumption: associates with some health benefits. Canadian substance abuse guidelines: men no more than 3 drinks/day, women no more than 2 drinks/day. Women have half the hormone that breaks down alcohol more body fat you have the higher the blood alcohol concentration you have: don"t drink if you are taking an otc drug, planning to drive. Alcohol abuse - significant public health issue: most widely abused drug in our society, associates with significant morbidity & mortality. University time is the critical time to develop responsibility about drinking. Alcohol is a huge part of campus culture. Its ability to lower inhibitions makes it a social lubricant . Pluristic ignorance when people think their behavior differs from others, when it reality it is the same. False consensus tendency for people to overestimate other"s behaviors in order to perceive themselves the same as others.
