Beverages

As a legal beverage for the last century, alcohol is an important staple in the American economy. In 1984 alcohol provided federal, state, and local tax funds totaling approximately 12.5 billion dollars, and provided jobs for at least 784,000 people. With the significant impact that the sale of alcohol had/has on the American economy, it became important to find something to compensate for the loss in revenue when the treatment of alcohol abuse reached its peak in the 1970’s. The compensation…

Sororities and fraternities have been challenging their rightful purposes since they were created in the 1700s. They were created for the purpose of educational success, scholarships, and opportunities that may have not been available to students not involved. Throughout the years, Greek life has helped students to make charitable contributions, connections in careers, and friendships. The one topic not specified in their prideful history would be hazing. There have been many accounts of hazing…

Being addicted to the consumption of alcohol liquor is known as alcoholism. Alcoholism is classified as both a mental and physical disease. Abusing the substance is self-determinant at first but over time becomes a habit, causing the person to lose control of how much to consume, thus becoming an alcoholic. Even though the cause of alcoholism is still unknown, it is known that dependency happens when you drink so much that chemical changes in the brain occur. These chemical changes in the brain…

The Temperance Movement was organized around the 1820s, during the 19th and 20th centuries determined to promote the moderation or outlaw the consumption and distribution of alcoholic beverages. At the time, the average American was around 15 years of age and would consume up to seven gallons of alcohol a year. With this abuse of alcohol, came the aggression of many men, which women had few rights to protect themselves from, or were able to support themselves. During the early 19th century,…

Substance Abuse Linked To Dementia Substance abuse impacts the chance of terminal mental illnesses, such as a form of Alzheimer’s known as Dementia, in later elderly years. There are many simple lifestyle choices pertaining to substance abuse that can lessen this risk. Reducing alcohol consumption can prevent dementia. Making the conscious decision to abstain from alcohol can positively impact brain health dramatically. Cutting back on cigarettes and tobacco products lessens the likelihood…

Have you ever wondered how eighteen year old men and women are allowed to get married, vote, and fight in the army and are not permitted to drink alcohol? Or how under aged drinkers continue to illegally strive for this “forbidden fruit”? Or lastly how more than half the world can obtain alcohol at eighteen years of age and Americans cannot? These are just a few questions that arise in those who believe the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen. The United States Legislature should lower…

Created in Greece around 2700 B.C.- the first alcoholic drink. Greek literature contained many warnings that made them excessively against drinking. In the sixteenth century, alcohol was used for medical purposes only. For thousands of years, alcohol was used to make fermented grain, fruit juice, and honey. (Alcohol 1) After the production of gin in Britain, alcoholism became a worldwide tradition. After alcoholism became widespread, fifteen million Americans suffered from addiction to alcohol.…

I would like to think that the day after my mom’s boyfriend found me passed out in an alley after a night of binge drinking Jack Daniels was when I decided to cut back. But it wasn’t. It also wasn’t the morning after I engulfed enough tequila to inebriate a baby elephant and woke up in the backseat of my Jeep in a parking garage. It was morning, but early enough that the sky was still pitch black. I had no recollection if I was helped by someone or if I managed to stumble my way back solo. The…

epidemics. Lowering the drinking age could help curb the obsession with alcohol that underage drinkers have making everyone much safer. Drunk driving and Binge drinking will not end overnight, but if the nation makes more strides to make alcohol a beverage to be used responsibly by everyone and not a novelty that is abused by those who cannot have it, the death tolls caused by alcohol will…

Underage drinking has always been a big argument on how the age limit should be lowered from 21 to 18. In 1919 the 18th amendment prohibited the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages. Just like today, a lot of people disobeyed the fact that you can’t drink until you’re 21. With that, it made the government want to change the law. In 1933 they changed the 18 amendment to the 21st amendment. The whole point of it was not to get rid of alcohol from everyone but that only adults could use…