The Role Of Alcoholism In Today's Society

“Approximately 7,000 children in the U.S. under the age of 16 take their first drink every day, which is a major problem because those who begin drinking before age 15 are four times more likely to develop alcoholism than those who begin at age 21” (Huffingtonpost 2015). There is growing concern among health officials as to the increased issues associated with the overuse of alcohol, compared to previous years the number of teenagers treated for alcohol poisoning has more than doubled. There are a lot of different programs available to combat the problems related to the overuse of alcohol within today’s society, however, more needs to be done to educate consumers about the dangers linked with the abuse of alcohol.
Alcoholism
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Furthermore, these third party promoters typically focus their advertisements on recruiting new customers rather than education because of financial sponsorship with little or no regard to the general audience. “Sponsoring industries rely extensively on the promoting of their products through events that have particular appeal to youths, including sporting events and concert tours. In 1988, US brewers spent $175 million on sponsorships, 10% of all money spent on corporate sponsorships. 34 Alcohol producers sponsored local and national sporting events, athletes and teams, musicians and other entertainment, spring break activities, educational programs, and scholarships” (American Journal of Public Health, …show more content…
“The economic toll of alcohol abuse averages $184.6 billion a year in lost earnings and productivity, criminal justice costs and health-care, roughly 25 to 45 percent of all hospital patients nationwide are being treated for alcohol complications; the alcohol industry spent $990 million dollars on advertisement yet programs that are beneficial towards living a drug free life style such as DARE are endangered because of lack of