Binge drinking

Do you think consuming enormous amount of alcohol is cool? Does drinking relax your mind? Does it take away all your problems? The answers to all of these questions is no. Getting drunk does not make you cool in my eyes it makes you irresponsible. It may relax your mind for a little while but after that your mind is back to being all over the place again. It doesn’t take your problems away because after you sober up you still have the same problems you had before. Getting drunk may make you feel…

thousand people under twenty-one years old die each year as a result of injuries caused by underage drinking, including 1,900 injuries from motor vehicle crashes (Underage Alcohol). In addition, the earlier a person begins alcohol use, the greater the chances are of that person becoming an alcoholic, suffering from withdrawal symptoms, and harming the brain during its development (Underage Drinking). The drinking age is set to twenty-one because research shows that young people react differently…

Underage Drinking: the Never Ending Problem Timothy is a sixteen-year old sophomore. Timmy had never drunk before until last night. He went to a party with his friends and there was alcohol there. He was not planning to drink but his friends kept pressuring him, telling him it was safe and that everything was going to be okay. Timmy began to drink, got very drunk, and decided it would be okay to drive himself home. The nest morning Timmy awoke in the hospital to find that he had gotten into a…

How a person copes with stress varies from person to person. While some people may work out to relieve stress, another individual may choose to partake in alcohol consumption. There have been many studies to date that study whether or not higher stress leads to more alcohol consumption in adults. Through my review of many literary sources, I have found that there is indeed a connection between stress in adults and their alcohol consumption. Alcohol consumption among adults has varying statistics…

their minimum drinking age to 21. It has been a debate across the country since the rule was set in place. Should the drinking age be lowered or not? I believe that the age should not be lowered because teenagers have been proven time and time again to be very irresponsible. At the age of 21 they are officially adults and are more mature than when they were 18. Therefore, they can make smarter decisions like non-drinking and driving. Too many accidents happen because of underage drinking and…

Hingson informs readers about the dangers of underage drinking on and off college campuses and how strict dry policies on campuses may prove to be more dangerous to the surrounding community. Hingson explains that when college officials make alcohol-free campus policies it often pushes the students to drink…

Mitterer). A well known side effect of drinking is a hangover. After an individual has consumed an excessive amount of alcohol, they may experience a hangover. Hangovers are common but do not always occur. They typically involve painful headaches, throwing up, feeling nauseated, and more. Young adults sometimes feel that drinking is not extremely harmful considering it is highly, socially common. Year by year, college students engage themselves in drinking; abounding individuals feel the effect…

there are records in history that inform us of this. Sixty-one percent of the one hundred and ninety countries have set the drinking age at eighteen. The United States and eleven other countries have a MLDA (minimal legal drinking age) of twenty-one years old, this is the highest MLDA of all the countries where it is legal to drink (although some areas of India have drinking ages as high as twenty five and thirty years old). Alcohol is banned in sixteen countries, all of them being Muslim…

10 teens in high school drinks and drives.” ( CDC) The topic of whether or not the legal drinking age in the US should stay at 21 or go down to 18 has been widely debated. The stats show a clear statement that in order to keep our teens out of danger the legal drinking age in the US should stay at 21 to keep for the well being of our teens physical and mental health. The topic about the legal drinking age in America has been widely debated among the years. Several studies have been…

YouTube Link Assignment: Depressants One of the three major categories of psychoactive drugs is depressants. Depressants are drugs such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates that reduce your level of brain activity. They slow down the activity of the central nervous system by decreasing the electrical activity in the brain. This produces a calming effect in the body, as well as decrease your level of awareness. While depressants can be used safely, they are dangerous if used inappropriately.…