how does alcohol affects the academic performance of the students?
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Alcohol can go either way in a student.  If a student is hyper it can be taken to slow the person down.  If the person can not hold the alcohol it can work in reverse if too much is taking, causing drowsiness and or sickness thus making attending classes difficult resulting in poor attendence or poor attention in class.
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Chemical properties:\nThe vapour can form explosive mixtures with air.\nFlammable liquid. Reacts violently with a wide range of oxidants. Also reacts with disulfuryl difluoride, phosphorous (III) oxide, platinum, and potassium tert-butoxide. Incompatible with acetyl chloride, bromide pentafluoride, and calcium hypochlorite.\n\nEthanol produces a variety of physiological and behavioral effects. The most prominent effect is referred to broadly as "intoxication". At low doses, users experience a mild excitement and become more talkative. This is accompanied by a decrease in perceived stress and anxiety and a mild euphoria. At higher doses individuals become cheerful, loud, boisterous and begin to lose self-restraint. Memory, concentration and insight become impaired, which is accompanied by incoordination and changes in sensory function. These effects are typically followed by sleepiness. At higher doses, subjects often experience nausea and vomiting, followed by lethargy and stupor.\n\nThe primary effect of ethanol on the central nervous system is as a depressant. Although the effects at low doses appear to be stimulatory, the increase in mood and behavior is the result of "disinhibition", the inhibition of normal inhibitions. In other words, behavior that is normally suppressed by fear or anxiety is released by the inhibitory effects of ethanol.\n\nChronic use of high doses of ethanol leads to changes in the brain and behavior. One of the first changes is tolerance, a decrease in the effects of ethanol. As a result of tolerance, higher doses of ethanol are necessary to achieve the same effects. Tolerance to ethanol is the result of several processes. First, the enzyme responsible for the destruction of ethanol in the liver, alcohol dehydrogenase, is upregulated by chronic use. The increased activity of this enzyme breaks down ethanol more rapidly, leading to decreased effects. This form of tolerance is known as metabolic tolerance, since the metabolism (or breakdown) of alcohol is decreased. However, metabolic tolerance does not completely explain the dramatic decreases in effects seen with chronic ingestion. In addition to changes in the metabolism of ethanol, there appear to be decreases in the neuronal response to this drug. With chronic use, the response of neurons to the presence of alcohol is diminished. This form of tolerance is known as "physiological" tolerance, since the physiology of the central nervous system appears to change in response to chronic alcohol.\n\nThe second major change seen in response to chronic ingestion of ethanol is physical dependence. Following chronic use, there are physiological changes that lead to a requirement for the drug. With the development of physical dependence, further administration of ethanol is necessary to avoid a physiological disturbance. This disturbance is known as a withdrawal (or abstinence) syndrome. The withdrawal syndrome for ethanol is severe and can be life-threatening. The symptoms of withdrawal are generally opposite the the acute actions of the drug. Thus, where the acute actions of ethanol are depressant, the withdrawal syndrome involves hyperexcitability. With lower levels of physical dependence symptoms include agitation, tremors, muscle cramps, nausea, vomiting, sweating and vivid dreaming. With higher levels, these progress to disorientation, confusion, hallucinations and seizures. Without treatment, a severe case of ethanol withdrawal often leads to death.
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Teenage Drinking has been a problem since the begining of the production of alcholic beverages.\n\nIt is considered a rite of passage to consume alcohol. Our social mores consider "drinking" a rite of passage.  Peer pressure, media, and the acceptance sitgma that it's OK to Drink are all around us.\n\nThe problem will only be solved with Education, and a society that frounds upon the problem. A control over the Media and advertisment will also be needed.  Much Like the ban on smoking, a campaign is needed to reach this eventual goal.  Smoking negative media, and the ban on certain advertisement had reduced some of the smoking is cool attitude.  The same needs to be applied to the alcohol industry.  Or are all the cool Ads from the Superbowl, budweiser etc, continue to influence our social attitudes toward drinking in general?
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booze lowers  IQ’s   temporarily .
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This question is not easy to answer. Anyways, I think it depends on the individual (student), if you are highly motivated and determine to reach your goal(s) then I believe it's possible for you to achieve whatever your goal might be. I personally don't think that if you're from a broken family you're academic performance will worsen. I know friends from broken homes who are performing very well academically. Nonetheless, I also know that there are many negative effects of broken homes on young people.
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Alcohol LOWERS your blood sugar.Eat when you drink and check your bs levels often.\n\nAnd please : to the people giving out info stating that alcohol Raises bs- please stop this. Do some research if you plan to answer medical questions.You could be setting people up for a coma or death.
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As a bartender I have had to take alot of alcohol awareness classes, usually taught by someone hired by the insurance company, as the answer is always the same. \nAlcohol is broken down with several determining factors, including but not limited to: the person's mental state of mind, their personal tolerance to alcohol, how much body weight they have, how often they drink and how much food they have consumed. All of those factor in, but usually it takes 1 ounce of alcohol ( as in 80 proof ) 1 hour to no longer have adverse affects. One bottle of beer one glass of wine all fall into the 1 ounce of liquor category. Also the lower the alcohol content in the drink the quicker it leaves. The one thing that amazed me is that if you mix the alcohol with carbonated mixers ( soda, club soda, tonic ) it takes longer to get out of the system. Something with the way the body processes the alcohol with the carbonation. Hope this helps
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What happens (so it is thought) is that the alcohol has an effect on the part of the brain which handles the transfer of short-term memories into long-term. You can't remember things that happened because the alcohol stopped your brain from changing those short-term memories to long-term ones.
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your body is trying to compensate for the loss of nutrients caused by the alcohol
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Here is an interesting article - I typed in "poor college performance" into Google and found a few. Try this one:\nhttp://ucsdguardian.org/viewarticle.php?story=opinion01&year=2006&month=11&day=20
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I dont advise it although the drug interaction is just moderate. Alcohol may potentiate some of the pharmacologic effects of CNS-active agents. Use in combination may result in additive central nervous system depression and impairment of judgment, thinking, and psychomotor skills.
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school music programs enhance intellectual development and enrich the academic environment for students of all ages;\n\nstudents who participate in school music programs are less likely to be involved with drugs, gangs, or alcohol and have better attendance in school;\n\nthe skills gained through sequential music instruction, including discipline and the ability to analyze, solve problems, communicate, and work cooperatively, are vital for success in the 21st century workplace;
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I don think it will affect coz as long as u secure a good percentage in ur finals it wont matter.
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Interesting! I don't think modereate alcohol consumption can affect "performance" so I would suggest seeing a doctor about it! Are you sure you are not under a lot of stress at the minute?
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Binge drinking has horrible effects on the body. The average person can have Half a glass of wine and show health improvements, but one weekend of drowning the liver in alcohol can be terribly destructive. Binge drinking can even turn into alcohol poisoning this is most common in just one session. \nLong term, a remarkable amount of alcoholics, spend the entire week with out a single drink ,and come the weekend blow their whole pay check on alcohol. \nAlso in periods of drinking like this, people are more likely to find them selves driving while intoxicated, performing risky sexual behavior, fighting, domestic abuse, and trying things most people wold just find stupid had they not been as intoxicated.
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red eyes\nshortness of breath\nincreased risk of cancer\nshort term memory loss\nlowered sperm count\nerectile dysfunction\nbirth defects\nincreased chances of miscarriage in women\ndifficulty becoming pregnant\ndepression\nincreased chance of mental problems eg paranoid schyzophrenia\npotential jail time\nmonsters in your closet.\n\nKeep in mind the chances of all these things increase with prolonged usage. I have not tried it.  I had to do an assignment on it is high school.  I don't really have a problem with people doing it.  The effects of weed are not that different from the effects of alcohol, except it makes you slower.  Some people are capable of using it in small amounts and others are not capable of controlling the addiction.  It is all dependant on the individual.\n\nI forgot to add ( thankyou Sangre Y Leche) that these are potential side effects and do not necessarily happen to everyone who uses.  The risks are increased with very heavy usage but many people with moderate levels of usage do not display any of the above.
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All things in moderation.  Too much is anything that effects your normal functioning and responsibilities.  Any will effect the body. Some good effects, some bad.\n\nHere's a great source to answer this, without hitting copy paste with a long answer: \n\nhttp://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/alcohol.html