Alcohol What are the street names/slang terms for it?Booze What is it?Alcohol is the most commonly used and widely abused psychoactive drug in the country. What does it look like?Alcohol is used in liquid form. How is it used?Alcohol is drunk. Types include beer, wine, and liquor. What are its short-term effects?When a person drinks alcohol, the alcohol is absorbed by the stomach, enters the bloodstream, and goes to …showed first 75 words of 2766 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2766 total…risk on the road. Sure, this might all seem fun for them while they're doing it but are they going to be laughing through an unwanted pregnancy, a car accident, or during the wait for results from an AIDS test? Need more proof? Drug abusers can develop psychological problems such as suicidal depression or serious physical problems such as liver damage and brain damage. Of course, there's also the risk of death from an overdose.