Alcohol law

when one is considered an adult along with being eligible to vote, get married, join the military, and even purchase tobacco however an eighteen year old is not allowed to purchase or consume alcohol. Thirty years ago the legal drinking age in America was set at eighteen years old , and things regarding alcohol use were okay back then however the only problem was the casualties drunk driving caused. I believe the legal drinking age is past due and America is educated enough to prevent drunk…

Drunk drivers who cause accidents with fatalities should be charged with murder. There should be no surprise that drunk driving is a immense problem in our country. The penalties for drunk driving have increased because of the impact it causes on families who lose their children, fathers, mothers, or other family members to death and/or disability. So when individual take the risk of drinking and driving, they are taking the risk on the lives that are out there and of their own. People who…

Interesting enough, when you don’t have a disease, it is almost impossible to understand it. Step One in The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous reads, “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol- that our lives had become unmanageable.” (Alcoholics Anonymous) My friend moved to Nashville about a year ago, and through a series of unfortunate events involving love and loss, she began a downhill spiral of drinking through her pain in hopes to forget events of her past. When I asked about her…

Mary Jane is willing to admit she may be suffering from an alcohol use disorder (AUD) since her alcohol consumption has drastically increased within the last three years. Many nights after work are a blur for Mary Jane and she is late to work on the daily basis because of the several glasses of wine she consumed the night prior. More recently, she finds herself taking breaks from work to engage in alcohol consumption. She was involved in a car accident that nearly cost her, her life…

SYNOPSIS: On the 6th of November, 2015, I, CPL. Lessane, along with Deputy Green, Deputy Griffin, and Deputy Jordan, with the Hampton County Sheriff 's Office, responded to 320 Thorn Circle, in the county of Hampton, regarding a disturbance incident. Upon arrival, Deputies made contact with all parties involve and gathered the pertinent information needed to complete this report. INTERVIEW WITH COMPLAINANT: (KRISTINA BARNES) Mrs. Barnes stated she came to the incident location in an attempt…

How do advertisers promote alcohol products and their use through the internet and social media? Are young people likely to be affected by their advertising strategies? Advertisements plays a huge part of our lives as it manipulates, or show a satisfaction moment that captures the feeling when purchasing a product. With this is mind, it does give us, as consumers, the reasons why we should purchase that brand (Lee, Choi, Quilliam & Cole, 2009). However to manipulate in buying a product,…

Experiment 5: Anions and Redox Reactions Introduction (a) Objectives General: To examine the importance of potassium permanganate as an oxidising agent and the strong powers of halogens in oxidation. Part 1 Determining the colour associated with a certain halogen by adding a sample of the halogen to cyclohexane and recording the colours observed. Part 2 Identifying a halogen referring to the colours recorded in part 1, by reacting the halogen with a halide and observing the colour present.…

Analysis of aspirin tablets Purpose: Determine the percentage of 2-ethanoylhydroxybenzoic acid in aspirin tablets. Introduction (including background information) : Before creating Aspirin, “sail alba” was used. In 1860’s, chemists discovered that Salicylic acid (2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C7H6O3 ) is the active acid in sail alba. Salicylic acid is relatively strong though. It can irritate and damage the stomach membranes and mouth. In 1889, ethanoate ester of salicylic acid was introduced by the…

Introduction: The purpose of this experiment is to determine the product that is produced from sodium hypochlorite oxidizing 2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol and this experiment is to also determine if sodium hypochlorite is a selective oxidizing agent. This reaction is an oxidation reaction. The reaction involves the removal hydrogens and sometimes the addition of oxygen. 2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol will undergo an oxidation reaction to produce an unknown product (Scheme 1). (1) Scheme 1.…

In my family, there is a substance that is frequently used to subside ill feelings. Though the substance is one of the poorest ways to deal with emotions, it has become a tradition to use it. Studies have exhibited genetics as a role in alcoholism, almost forcing it as a tradition upon my family. Social factors also are behind this disease that can cripple lives. When people ask who is a part of my family, I never know how to answer. The problem when genetics play a role, is that half of mine…