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Myths?
See if you can tell the myth from the truth by answering these
questions:
1. The sale of Red Bull is
restricted in some countries.
True or
False?
2. If you have taken a few drinks and are on the legal limit it’s
safe to drive a car.
True or False?
3. Black coffee or cold
showers are very good for sobering people up.
True or False?
4. Each year 20,000 people die
in the UK as a result of drinking.
True or False?
5. Alcohol is a factor in 50% of criminal damage arrests.
True or False?
6. Cannabis is still illegal.
True or False?
7. Alcohol is a stimulant
drug.
True or False?
8. The younger people are when
they start to drink the more likely they are to develop some type of
drink related problem.
True or False?
1.
True - The
soft drink
Red Bull is
banned in France, classified as a medicine in
Norway
and until recently was only available in pharmacies
in Japan.
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2. False,
although there is a legal limit for the amount of alcohol a person can
have in their bloodstream and still drive,
there is no safe limit for
drinking and driving. Your chances of having an accident
are more than doubled while driving at the legal limit.
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3. False,
The body can only handle one unit of alcohol per hour. Nothing can
sober you up, only time. Black coffee and cold showers cannot remove
the alcohol from your system.
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4. True,
see our facts and figures page for more statistics.
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5. False,
alcohol is a factor in 88% of criminal damage arrests. See our facts
and figures page for more stats.
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6. TRUE- it
has been reclassified not legalised. Having been a Class C substance
since Jan 2004, it was moved back to Class B in Feb 2009.
Possession of cannabis is still therefore an arrestable offence. There
are some fears in relation to cannabis and mental health so it cannot
be accurately described as a harmless drug.
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7. False
Alcohol is a depressant drug. This is why it is dangerous when
taking alcohol to escape from problems or because one is feeling down.
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8. True,
that’s why its so dangerous when young people experiment with alcohol.
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