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Alcohol use
* Some alcohol use has effects
  - immediate effects
* adds to lifeguards' headaches and increases naturally occurring dangers.
* affects health in many ways
  - judgment and can result in vandalism and aggressive or even violent behavior
  - judgment, vision, balance, and coordination
  - many parts of the body
  - the interpersonal relationships and the communal environment of campus
* appears to impact women more just before menstruation due to hormonal changes
  - speed progression of liver disease
* begins at an early age.
* can also cause inflammation of the vocal cords
  - reduce the milk supply
  - become addictive, however
* can cause abnormal heart rhythms in athletes
  - an enlarged liver by fat infiltration
  - heart defects
  - problems even for moderate drinkers
  - uniform B vitamin deficiency
  - erode a person's resolve to live a healthier lifestyle and can be addictive
  - increase the risk of liver, stomach, colon and breast cancer
  - raise blood pressure
* continues to be widespread among U.S. adolescents during high school and college years.
* decreases athletic skills by impairing concentration, judgment, and coordination.
* has many damaging effects on all areas of a person's life.
* increases the risk for liver damage.
* increases the risk of both accidents and a condition known as hypothermia
  - cirrhosis enormously
  - liver cancer
* is also widespread
  - another example that can be related to the pressures of sport
* is associated with anger and violence
  - increased risk of breast cancer
  - extremely common in our society
  - illegal for minors
  - integrated into cultural norms of Hungarian society
  - involved in a third to a half of all road deaths in developed nations
  - linked to cancer of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines
  - more harmful than heroin use
  - much more prevalent among men, both in the general and religious populations
* is one of the highest predicators of a college woman's rape
  - major causes of motor vehicle crashes
  - prevalent in Cuba
* is the most serious problem among youth
  - number one drug problem among young people
  - only substance for which no significant decline in use was observed
  - primary cause of traffic accidents involving teenage drivers
* is widespread among young Aboriginal people
  - as is the domestic violence and child abuse that results from it
* leading cause of birth defects.
* major contributing factor in recreational boating fatalities.
* makes vitamin A toxicity more likely.
* puts drivers at serious risk as does aggressive driving behavior.
* risk factor for a first generalized tonic-clonic seizure
  - injury and death in aquatic settings for a variety of reasons
* rite of passage.
* seems to be increasing among adolescents according to several people interviewed.
* serious problem being faced by many aspects of our society.
* significant risk factor in hypothermia.
+ Alcoholism, Treatment options: Diseases :: Psychology
  * Alcohol use is stopped abruptly. The alcohol is sometimes replaced with other drugs that have similar effects, to prevent withdrawal symptoms.
  * Alcohol use is lowered and lowered.

Amphetamine use
* drops steadily over the years and is slightly more prevalent in rural areas.
* increases self-confidence, which often ignores the reality of personal limitations.

Antibiotic use
* can activate the bacteria into producing symptoms
  - actually kill the friendly bacteria that otherwise controls fungal outbreaks
  - have an effect on fungal infections
  - prevent complicating secondary bacterial infections
* drives resistance but more often drives cross resistance.
* is essential to produce poultry and pork by current methods
  - routine to prevent disease and promote rapid growth