MODULE 3: DUI PREVENTION (A). Alcohol is a colorless, odorless, volatile, pungent drug that acts as a depressant. The effects of alcohol are a general depressing of the functions of the brain and body. Depressing of these functions begins at the first sip of alcohol.The only safe amount of alcohol to consume and then drive is none. Alcohol often makes the individual tired and drowsy. Alcohol affects you differently at different times. 2  If you are upset, over-tired, have an empty stomach, drugs or alcohol will probably have a stronger effect on you. 3  The amount of alcohol in a one ounce shot of 80 proof whiskey, five ounce glass of wine and 12-oz. beer is all the same.
A school shooting is a form of mass shooting attack on an educational institution, such as a school or university. School shootings have sparked a political debate over gun violence, zero tolerance policies, and gun control. The United States has the highest number of school-related shootings. From 2013 to October 2015 there were 142 school shootings in the United States.
According to sources, 18 of these casualties were children. This is the second mass shooting in the US this week, after a gunman opened fire in an Oregon shopping mall on Tuesday, killing 2. ABC News reports that there have been 31 school shootings in the US since Columbine in 1999, when 13 people were killed. The rate of people killed by guns in the US is 19.5 times higher than similar high-income countries in the world. In the last 30 years since 1982, America has mourned at least 61 mass murders. Below is a timeline of mass shootings in the US since the Columbine High massacre: December 11, 2012. On Tuesday, 22-year-old Jacob Tyler Roberts killed 2 people and himself with a stolen rifle in Clackamas Town Center, Oregon. His motive is unknown.