Hello my name Carson Lyttle, my candidate number is 4119 and my center number is US818. The question that our group has chosen is what can countries do to decrease crime rates. I will be speaking about the dangers of alcohol and why there needs to be a more focused campaign against alcoholism. There will be a focus on the health effects of alcohol, the deadliness of alcohol, the vehicular crashes alcohol causes, the homicides and sexual assaults alcohol causes, the third parties affected by alcoholism, and the major part of our culture alcohol has become. For centuries, people have been drinking alcohol and suffering the consequences without a second thought. It is now the twenty-first century and people are doing the same exact thing. The
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Other drugs do not have nearly as much impact as this. Alcohol is not only dangerous in the U.S.; large numbers of deaths linked to alcohol can be found all over the world. For example, approximately thirty percent of all deaths in Russia in 2012 were linked to alcohol and approximately one in seven male deaths in Europe are related to alcohol. Alcohol is the most dangerous drug in the world yet people don’t regard it as such. That is why there needs to be a better way to educate people about the dangers of …show more content…
Almost everyday people are exposed to their favorite celebrities or athletes drinking some form of alcohol. The media alters the dangers of alcohol and make it seem like consuming alcoholic beverages makes one more of an adult and more mature. For example, one in five of the top one hundred country songs make some sort of reference to alcohol. This reputation that the media has made for alcohol is what fuels alcoholism. Celebrities and professional athletes are role models for a lot of people. When their role model drinks alcohol people are likely to follow. People need to realize that alcohol is not the amazing and miracle-working beverage the media portrays it as; it is the deadliest and most dangerous drug in the
Other drugs do not have nearly as much impact as this. Alcohol is not only dangerous in the U.S.; large numbers of deaths linked to alcohol can be found all over the world. For example, approximately thirty percent of all deaths in Russia in 2012 were linked to alcohol and approximately one in seven male deaths in Europe are related to alcohol. Alcohol is the most dangerous drug in the world yet people don’t regard it as such. That is why there needs to be a better way to educate people about the dangers of …show more content…
Almost everyday people are exposed to their favorite celebrities or athletes drinking some form of alcohol. The media alters the dangers of alcohol and make it seem like consuming alcoholic beverages makes one more of an adult and more mature. For example, one in five of the top one hundred country songs make some sort of reference to alcohol. This reputation that the media has made for alcohol is what fuels alcoholism. Celebrities and professional athletes are role models for a lot of people. When their role model drinks alcohol people are likely to follow. People need to realize that alcohol is not the amazing and miracle-working beverage the media portrays it as; it is the deadliest and most dangerous drug in the