Alcohol intoxication

Eighteen is an important age; it is when one becomes an adult. It is now legal to vote, buy cigarettes, go to clubs, and do everything else that any adult can do. Hold on, that is not true, purchasing of alcohol is still illegal. Up until 1984, eighteen year olds were able to drink and purchase alcohol legally. Any college student could go to a party and drink all they want and not get punished for it by the law. Police officers could walk through a party and not have to arrest anyone for…

gone and they believe that “they feel confident that they can drive extra carefully and avoid incident” (Distracted Driving). Drivers who are pulled over because of drunk driving can lose their license. If the person is found with a higher “blood alcohol level (BAL) higher than 0.08%, 21 years” of age and not a commercial driver in the state of Texas they are at risk of receiving a DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) and having their license revoked (DMV). If the driver is a commercial driver, they…

purchase alcohol. Why is alcohol deemed a…

that it would allow young adults to feel like young adults, it would provide a more safe environments for young adults, and decrease the large amount of false identification cards in the Unites States. Some negative outcomes are the negative effects alcohol can have to a young adult’s brain, the increased number of intoxicated drivers on the roads, and the angered citizens if the age limit was reduced. There are many pros and cons to lowering the drinking age. I personally think that in this…

consumption of alcohol to 21 appears to have been the most successful effort to date,” stated doctors Alexander Wagenaar and Traci Toomey in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol. In 1920, alcohol was forbidden nationwide. This meant that manufacturing and selling alcohol was illegal. This period, more commonly known as Prohibition, ended in 1933. From 1970 to 1975, 29 states lowered their minimum drinking age. The ages were lowered to eighteen, nineteen, or twenty. This caused a rapid increase in…

personable to me, and with that said I am extremely against excessive amounts of alcohol consumptions. While doing my research on this topic I learned many things about the history of alcoholism, some pros and cons of alcoholism, and I also have stated my view on the topic. “Consumption of alcoholic beverages has been a prominent feature of many cultures since the ancient civilizations.” (Hines, L. M.) The history of alcohol goes back thousands of years, but it could not have been an addiction…

The aim of this report is to examine alcohol consumption patterns of a population in New Zealand comparing male and female amount and frequency of alcohol consumption. New Zealand has a long history of alcohol abuse starting in the 1830s when Europeans started settling in New Zealand (McEwan, Campbell, & Swain, 2010). Prior to the arrival of the Europeans there was no alcohol drunk in New Zealand and Reverend W. J. Williams said in 1930 "The white man and the whisky bottle came together to…

every once in a blue moon can be enjoyable, especially while under pressure with work or school, also while dealing with stressful situations in general. These behaviors can include: smoking, partying and raving, staying out late, also consuming alcohol while expressing careless behavior. Furthermore, it’s agreeable, nothing compares to letting loose after a long week filled will stressful work, and keeping up with school assignments. We humans are prone to making rash decisions from time to…

were old enough to fight -- and die -- for their country, but too young to order a beer back home” (Daily Press). This is a very valid point, young people can be sometimes forced to fight for our country, but they don’t even have a right to drink alcohol. Then again, is that a good enough reason to lower the drinking age? There is no correct answer. If the drinking age was lowered to 16, then 13 and 14 year olds would be getting pressured into drinking (Forde 4). As a high school student,…

Alcohol abuse is a major thing in mostly everyone’s life, but there are ways it affects teens, adults, and how this type of abuse can shatter your life. When you think of a serious type of abuse, alcohol is one of the main ones that comes to mind. Most teens happen to be inserted into that type of environment where someone tries to pull them into peer pressure and tries to get them to make the wrong decisions. In one of my sites, “Understanding Alcohol Abuse Among College Students: Contributing…