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QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
EXAM SUCCESS GUIDE
●● Legal drinking age in US
Answer: 21
●● Legal drinking age in Canada
Answer: 18-19
●● How to control how much alcohol you drink?
Answer: standard drink measurement- measure alcohol in 1 drink
Why? drinking too much has bad after effects
Watch bartender pour drink + ask how it's made
at a party always make your drinks, you'll know how much is in it
Avoid community drinks, one doesn't know what's in it
●● 1 standard drink =
Answer: 12 oz beer, 1.5 oz hard liquor, or 5 oz wine
(Each has 0.6 oz pure alcohol)
, ●● Most glasses =
Answer: more than 1 standard drink
●● 1 wine bottle =
Answer: 5 standard drinks
●● 1 beer =
Answer: 4% alcohol or up to 20% alcohol
●● How many high school students have never had a drink of alcohol?
Answer: 61%
●● How many high school students think drinking is acceptable?
Answer: 7% (93% think drinking is unacceptable)
●● Myth: Students should start drinking young to learn how to drink
responsibly and safely.
Answer: Fact: Underage drinking leads to academic/legal problems,
injuries, sexual behavior, sexual assault
Brain develops until mid 20s- people drinking before 21 are more likely
to develop alcohol addiction
●● how many incoming college students didn't drink in the past 2 weeks
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
EXAM SUCCESS GUIDE
●● Legal drinking age in US
Answer: 21
●● Legal drinking age in Canada
Answer: 18-19
●● How to control how much alcohol you drink?
Answer: standard drink measurement- measure alcohol in 1 drink
Why? drinking too much has bad after effects
Watch bartender pour drink + ask how it's made
at a party always make your drinks, you'll know how much is in it
Avoid community drinks, one doesn't know what's in it
●● 1 standard drink =
Answer: 12 oz beer, 1.5 oz hard liquor, or 5 oz wine
(Each has 0.6 oz pure alcohol)
, ●● Most glasses =
Answer: more than 1 standard drink
●● 1 wine bottle =
Answer: 5 standard drinks
●● 1 beer =
Answer: 4% alcohol or up to 20% alcohol
●● How many high school students have never had a drink of alcohol?
Answer: 61%
●● How many high school students think drinking is acceptable?
Answer: 7% (93% think drinking is unacceptable)
●● Myth: Students should start drinking young to learn how to drink
responsibly and safely.
Answer: Fact: Underage drinking leads to academic/legal problems,
injuries, sexual behavior, sexual assault
Brain develops until mid 20s- people drinking before 21 are more likely
to develop alcohol addiction
●● how many incoming college students didn't drink in the past 2 weeks
