Term 2

• Alcohol is a drug
• BAC stands for Blood Alcohol Concentration
• Alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream from the small intestine and the stomach
• A standard drink in Australia is a drink that contains 10g of alcohol (12.5ml of pure alcohol)
• In a adult, the average rate of metabolism of alcohol is about one standard drink per hour
• The factors that can influence how alcohol affects an individual are gender, food consumption, body size/weight, water consumption, age, tolerance, allergies, medication, speed of consumption, social impacts and alcohol content