The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention in Newton, Mass., advocates a community-based approach that includes administrators, faculty, police and businesses in the fight to curb binge drinking, in part by being on alert for people abusing alcohol. The center also stresses the importance of parental guidance and urges parents to have frank discussions with their children about excessive drinking. This is cultural. In addition to presenting the obvious risk of accidents, massive amounts of alcohol poison the brain and can lead to coma, respiratory arrest and death. Her's how alcohol affects the body.
Legal intoxication varies by state.
Alcohol hinders judgment and decision-making abilities. Bridge between the right and left sides of the brain. Alcohol interferes with coordination. Alcohol inhibits short-term memory. Helps control basic drives and tells pituitary gland what hormones to release.