Alcohol Abuse - Fill in the Blanks

HINT: The sentences below can be found in the Safety Tips section under Alcohol and Drug Abuse.

Use the following words to fill in the blanks:

• alcoholic
• long
• drinking
• driving
• judgment
• deaths
• crashes
• percent
• illegal

1. In the short-term, alcohol can cause you to use poor judgment.
2. In the long-term, alcohol can reduce your learning ability.
3. Twenty-eight percent of the suicides by children ages 9 to 15 could be attributed to alcohol.
4. Alcohol use is involved in about 25% to 50% of adolescent and adult deaths associated with water recreation.
5. You should not ride in a car when the driver has been drinking.
6. About eleven million children in our country are growing up with at least one alcoholic parent.
7. Drinking and driving are dangerous.
8. If you are under 21, it is illegal for you to possess or drink alcohol.
9. About 29% of crashes killing young people involve alcohol.