Happier than ever, excited to celebrate her birthday. Not having a care in the world not really thinking of the consequences that were to come throughout the night and even if she would even wake up at her house. To her surprise she woke up in a hospital bed. She never knew that something like alcohol poising would happen to her. She never thought that alcohol would cause such a great damage to her and that one night would change her view on alcohol. Because of this scenario minors should not be allowed to drink alcohol even with their parents’ consent because underage drinking can lead to become an early age alcoholic or abuser, it can lead to death, and it can do long term damage to developing brains and organs. Starting at a young age
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It is very dangerous for youth to drink because they are still developing mentally and physically, and they lack experience and are more likely to take risks. Drinking effects teen growing hormones and may impact on long term thinking and memory skills. Teens that drink heavily lose up to ten percent of mental capacity, which makes it hard to learn new things. Liver damage has been found on teens that have started drinking at an early age. The brain keeps developing into the twenties, so starting at a young age is bad for brain development. “Drinking is not a rite of passage. Fatal car accidents, injuries, and assaults, and irreversible damage to the brain are not rites of passage for any child,” Says J. Edward Hill, MD., president of the American Medical Association (AMA) Teens who have used alcohol show high levels of iron in blood, which leads to liver damage, and also chronic diseases. Long- term drinking can damage many of the body’s internal organs. The esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and liver are all subject to inflammation, bleeding, and other abnormalities. “Binge drinking could be making permanent long- term changes in the final neural physiology, which is expressed as personality and behavior in the individual, “Fulton Crews states (Pharmacologist, Director of the Center for Alcohol Studies.), Drinking early can have a long- term medical consequences that lead to poor
It is very dangerous for youth to drink because they are still developing mentally and physically, and they lack experience and are more likely to take risks. Drinking effects teen growing hormones and may impact on long term thinking and memory skills. Teens that drink heavily lose up to ten percent of mental capacity, which makes it hard to learn new things. Liver damage has been found on teens that have started drinking at an early age. The brain keeps developing into the twenties, so starting at a young age is bad for brain development. “Drinking is not a rite of passage. Fatal car accidents, injuries, and assaults, and irreversible damage to the brain are not rites of passage for any child,” Says J. Edward Hill, MD., president of the American Medical Association (AMA) Teens who have used alcohol show high levels of iron in blood, which leads to liver damage, and also chronic diseases. Long- term drinking can damage many of the body’s internal organs. The esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and liver are all subject to inflammation, bleeding, and other abnormalities. “Binge drinking could be making permanent long- term changes in the final neural physiology, which is expressed as personality and behavior in the individual, “Fulton Crews states (Pharmacologist, Director of the Center for Alcohol Studies.), Drinking early can have a long- term medical consequences that lead to poor