This section includes:
- What is Alcohol and How is it Absorbed?
- Absorption Rate Factors
- Drug and Alcohol Interactions
- Alcohol and Energy Drinks
- Drink Equivalency
- How Alcohol is Eliminated
- Measuring Intoxication (BAC Defined)
- Tolerance
- Alcohol and the Brain
- Visible Intoxication Defined
- Preventing Intoxication
- Refusing Service
- Intervention Techniques
- Group Activity
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1. What is a standard drink?
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2. What is the difference between light beer and regular beer?
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3. How many drinks can the body eliminate per hour? At what rate does the body eliminate alcohol?
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4. Can dancing or any other physical activity help the body to eliminate alcohol?
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5. What is visible intoxication?
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6. What are some factors that determine whether someone will show signs of visible intoxication?
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7. What determines if someone is visibly intoxicated?
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8. What are some of the signs of visible intoxication?
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9. What is legal intoxication?
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10. How is legal intoxication determined?
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11. Can a server determine if a patron is legally intoxicated?
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12. What is the correlation between visible and legal intoxication?
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13. What are some factors that affect legal intoxication?
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14. Can a server serve an alcoholic beverage to a visibly intoxicated person?
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15. How can servers slow down service to a potential VIP?
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16. How should a server shut off a VIP?
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