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Thesis Statement: “Alcohol is one of the most widely used drug substance in the world, not only is it an adult issue, it is becoming more of an underage and teenage issue as well. Most American high school seniors have had an alcoholic beverage in the past month”. Introduction: A very close relative in my family is a victim in alcohol abuse, they have spent time in jail and will probably never get their license back. Instead of the person taking charge of his or her own life they have chosen…

Traces of different types of alcoholic beverages from different time periods have been discovered all over the world. For example, clay tablets that were found in the Mesopotamia contained recipes for alcoholic beverages and artwork that showed people drinking their alcohol. Egyptian texts were found that mentioned medical use of alcohol as well. Alcoholic drinks, such as beer,…

Why not eighteen? 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…

By 1919, 48 states had ratified the amendment. It banned the production, sale, and possession of "intoxicating beverages" was illegal. "Intoxicating beverages" can be defined as half of 1 percent alcohol by volume. Beer was about 3-7 percent alcohol and wine was about 15 percent. Although alcohol was considered illegal, it did not lessen the craving to drink. People wanted these beverages during dinner, parties, and at bars or saloons. However, certain loopholes to this amendment were enacted.…

clean water was a luxury that was difficult to find. That was a problem, considering the fact that humans need water to survive. So, a large part of humanity’s advancements were spurred by a desire to have clean beverages to drink. From the dawn of civilization until today, six of these beverages have advanced civilizations in subtle, yet powerful, ways. These six drinks are beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola. Each one was a hallmark of a different era of civilization. Beer was the…

media, most notably tv commercials, magazines, websites, etc. However because of the power that advertisements hold on an individual especially a child, society must reconsider what should be allowed to be advertised on such a mass scale. Alcoholic beverages are one of the most advertised products in today’s culture. In fact according to a recent study at University of Texas at Austin “Spending on alcohol ads have shot up 400% over the last four decades.” (Kaufman). It is one thing for an adult…

has the right to choose political leaders, purchase firearms, marry, and even enlist in the military, but are denied one simple right, the right consume an alcoholic beverage, and are considered an adult in the eyes of the law. A 20 year old can have the power to go can kill someone but not the right to consume an alcoholic beverage, it doesn’t make sense. Having the drinking age to 21 doesn’t stop young teenagers. Of course a nice and easy invention called a fake identification exist and they…

allows me an opportunity to put the word into a different light. Like most people when I hear the word deviance I immediately associate this with something of negative value and or negative behavior. We never once take into account that we ourselves can be view and labeled as deviant. We seem to believe because we follow the social norms that society has implemented, we are not “deviant”. Needless to say it, but we all engage in deviant activities everyday of our lives and never take thought…

Alcohol has been around for thousands of years, first discovered by Neolithic humans. In the late 1700s, most Americans drank alcoholic beverages and preferred these beverages to drinking water, which was often contaminated. Alcohol was never viewed as a serious problem in America until after the Revolution. In the early nineteenth century, physicians, ministers, and larger employers created the anti-alcohol (temperance) movement. This movement was the result of concern about the drunkenness of…

had this to say about advertising: “Ads don 't just sell us cars, beauty products or clothes. They also sell us a lifestyle by celebrating a certain way of living or thinking.” By doing this advertising has taught us that the products a person buys can determine certain things such as social status. By doing this ads, are continuously stressing the importance of extrinsic values. In an article by Make Wealth History, extrinsic values are negative values that are more materialistic than self…