Legally available in bottles, cans, cartons etc.
 
Strength various with type, brand & source. and can normally be found on cans & bottles.
 
Safe drinking levels per week, are 21 units for males and 14 for females.       
Despite popular belief, alcohol is a depressant drug.

METHOD OF USE

Drinking

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Alcohol misuse affects nearly every organ in the body and has a destructive effect on both health and relationships.

THE LAW

Alcohol is not an illegal drug but it is a drug all the same. The results of misuse are no different from other drugs and the effects can be just as devastating for the misuser and their family and friends alike.
 
It's illegal for under 18's to buy or be bought alcohol, but 16-17 year olds can drink alcohol with a meal in a restaurant.

EFFECTS/SIGNS OF USE

• Intoxication
• Slurred speech
• Staggering gait
• Excessive merriment
• Aggression or violence
• Depending on the individual
• Loss of coordination/consciousness/inhibitions
• Blurred vision
• Vomiting

DANGERS/RISKS

• Damage to liver, kidneys, pancreas when used frequently and to excess
• Memory impairment
• Destruction of brain cells
• Addiction (alcoholism)
• Driving is dangerous, and illegal when under the influence
• Succeptibility to injury, robbery, rape while intoxicated