Every year over two and a half million people die due to alcohol and millions more are negatively affected. Alcohol is the eighth preventable cause of death and yet it still isn’t being prevented. Many people overlook this but alcohol is a drug, a drug that is legitimately more dangerous than marijuana. Do we really feel comfortable allowing a substance this dangerous to be distributed to people who are barely adults? Alcohol is an extremely dangerous substance causing many health issues, mental issues and as I previously stated millions of deaths per year. This is why the legal drinking age should be raised to twenty-one.
Firstly, alcohol causes deadly health issues. One of the most obvious of these issues is alcohol poisoning. It shuts down the brain’s vital functions, including breathing and many people die from it every year. It also heightens your risk of cancer in the throat, mouth, liver, breast and digestive tract. Another …show more content…
Some are caused by more obvious reasons such as severe cases of the previously mentioned diseases or drunk driving. In fact in 2009 one in every three liver transplants was going to someone who had destroyed theirs by drinking. Sadly, those are not the only reasons. Around 97 000 people between the ages of eighteen to twenty-four report alcohol related sexual assault or date rape each year. If you’re walking home at night and drunk, it is extremely easy for you to be physically or sexually assaulted. If you’re drunk and, because of your impaired judgement, drive home, you could possibly kill yourself or any pedestrian you pass. Not only can you be harmed by accident, but many are on purpose. As I stated before, drinking can lead to depression which can in turn lead to self-harm and suicide. 75 000 suicides per year have something to do with alcohol. With so many deaths every year you really need to ask, is it worth it just to get ‘boozed
Firstly, alcohol causes deadly health issues. One of the most obvious of these issues is alcohol poisoning. It shuts down the brain’s vital functions, including breathing and many people die from it every year. It also heightens your risk of cancer in the throat, mouth, liver, breast and digestive tract. Another …show more content…
Some are caused by more obvious reasons such as severe cases of the previously mentioned diseases or drunk driving. In fact in 2009 one in every three liver transplants was going to someone who had destroyed theirs by drinking. Sadly, those are not the only reasons. Around 97 000 people between the ages of eighteen to twenty-four report alcohol related sexual assault or date rape each year. If you’re walking home at night and drunk, it is extremely easy for you to be physically or sexually assaulted. If you’re drunk and, because of your impaired judgement, drive home, you could possibly kill yourself or any pedestrian you pass. Not only can you be harmed by accident, but many are on purpose. As I stated before, drinking can lead to depression which can in turn lead to self-harm and suicide. 75 000 suicides per year have something to do with alcohol. With so many deaths every year you really need to ask, is it worth it just to get ‘boozed