While there are many addictions in the world, alcohol is one of the most misunderstood. Alcohol came along many years ago when farmers noticed a change in fruits. The effects of alcohol on the body and in families can be very dangerous and heartbreaking. Alcohol, as well as emotional harm, can also cause physical harm due to accidents and violence.
Its manufacturing all started about ten thousand years ago, when honey and wild yeasts were used to produced a fermented drink. Grapevines were being cultivated, for the purpose of making wine, by six thousand BC. Two thousand years later, present day Iraq had a great winemaking enterprise. Wine production and shipping throughout the Mediterranean were important businesses around three thousand BC. The roman god Dionysus ( the god of the grape harvest and winemaking) …show more content…
Alcohol and drugs are involved in almost eighty percent of all offenses leading to an incarceration. More than one million people are arrested every year for a DWI (driving while intoxicated). Drinking and using drugs while driving in people under the age of twenty-one is the number one cause of injury, death, and disability. Annually, thirty-six people die and about seven hundred are injured in an alcohol related accident. Every year, over six hundred thousand college students between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four are assaulted by another student who had been drinking. Ninety percent of all rape and sexual assault encounters involve the use of alcohol by either one or both the assailant and victim. (Alcohol, Drugs and Crime)
Alcohol was discovered many years ago when a farmer saw a change in fruits. The effects of alcohol on the body and in families can be very unsafe and heart-rending. Alcohol can also cause emotional and physical harm. Even though there are many addictions in the world, alcohol is one of the most
Its manufacturing all started about ten thousand years ago, when honey and wild yeasts were used to produced a fermented drink. Grapevines were being cultivated, for the purpose of making wine, by six thousand BC. Two thousand years later, present day Iraq had a great winemaking enterprise. Wine production and shipping throughout the Mediterranean were important businesses around three thousand BC. The roman god Dionysus ( the god of the grape harvest and winemaking) …show more content…
Alcohol and drugs are involved in almost eighty percent of all offenses leading to an incarceration. More than one million people are arrested every year for a DWI (driving while intoxicated). Drinking and using drugs while driving in people under the age of twenty-one is the number one cause of injury, death, and disability. Annually, thirty-six people die and about seven hundred are injured in an alcohol related accident. Every year, over six hundred thousand college students between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four are assaulted by another student who had been drinking. Ninety percent of all rape and sexual assault encounters involve the use of alcohol by either one or both the assailant and victim. (Alcohol, Drugs and Crime)
Alcohol was discovered many years ago when a farmer saw a change in fruits. The effects of alcohol on the body and in families can be very unsafe and heart-rending. Alcohol can also cause emotional and physical harm. Even though there are many addictions in the world, alcohol is one of the most