Learning Outcomes of Alcohol Wise HS:

• Understand BAC and the factors affecting it
  Challenge peer drinking perceptions
  Evaluate personal risk factors, including family drinking patterns and risk factors
  Understand how drinking at an early age increases the risk of developing alcohol problems later on
  Discuss dangers associated with drinking and driving
  Explain legal and health consequences of drinking before 21
  Explore financial impact drinking can have
  Understand how smoking and drinking compounds chances of getting cancer later on in life
  Realize how alcohol can affect them physically, especially in terms of sports performance
  Understand how the body processes alcohol differently than other nutrients
  Evaluate their drinking patterns (if any) and consequences of drinking
  Understand how much time they spend drinking and evaluate whether it is the way they want to spend their time
  Discuss how addiction works and how it changes the brain over time
  Understand the dangers behind mixing drugs and alcohol
  Discuss how alcohol and drugs can impact your grades, sleep patterns, memories, and substance dependency
  Decide on steps to take to reduce drink and/or drug habits
  Explain why 21 is the drinking age and reasons behind zero tolerance law
  Discuss problem drinking and abuse and negative outcomes associated with it
  Understand alcohol poisoning, signs and how to help