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    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.…

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    The connection between adolescents and alcohol is a dangerous and complex one. Teenage drinking can be seen, to teens, as a rite of passage to adulthood. This is shown by studies that indicate that almost all teens receive their first drink of alcohol from their parents. Since drinking underage is seen as something very cool for young people to do, most do not see the harmful long-term effects of teenage drinking and alcoholism. Some of these consequences include chronic alcoholism in later…

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    chose is binge drinking, I used three words which include psychological distress, social norms and personality to predict binge drinking because I think these words are highly related to the research topic. The first one I chose is psychological distress because I think people in stress are more likely to get drunk. The second one is social norms, which measures the perceived subjective and descriptive norms by family members and peers. I think others’ opinions will influence our drinking…

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    The effect of underage drinking on America. By the time 8th grade is over, most young adults have drank alcohol before. Most have all gone to a party and known what is like to be drunk at such young age. Parents seem not to know what their child is up to once they leave the house. What’s going to happen the day their child never comes home all because their child got in a car wreck for being drunk. Underage drinking is most likely to kill young people than all illegal drugs combined. Apart…

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    The approach emphases on rising awareness of the short and also the long-term impacts of ‘risky’ drinking among young people, and overtime, which contributes to the development of a more accountable drinking culture within Australian humanity. In the year 2008, the Australians government announced that $103.5 million national binge drinking strategy within an initial commitment of $53.5 million throughout 2008-2012. This demonstrates that alcohol consumption is a public…

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    Alcoholism Essay

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    The rate of 1.9% is considered to be normal. When the chronic binge drinking is added it speeds up the shrinkage of certain key regions in the brian. As time goes on the rapid shrinkage of the brian would result in memory loss and other symptoms of dementia. A drinking spree can lead to subtle but potentially debilitating deficits in the ability to make plans, judgments, solve problems, and preform other aspects of executive…

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    Alcoholism: A Case Study

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    may consist of people currently struggling with alcohol dependence or in a recovery/sobriety phase. This prevalent disease, depending on someone 's alcohol intake level , can cause psychological and physical harm. However, for some people, "social drinking" often is the beginning stage of what might lead to an increase in alcohol consumption and possibly serious health risks. This chronic disease causes the body to become dependent on consumption of alcoholic beverages beyond a safe capacity…

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    Around 13% of Torontonians are drinking water with excess amount of lead in it. This lead is supposedly to come from the aging pips either from the pipelines of the city itself or the pipes found in the owner’s property • Bottled water and tap water also have some traces of contaminants in it which does not pose threats however it is not safe to be drinking these micro-organisms, disinfectants or organic chemicals that can be found. • Bottled…

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    Drinking the Memory Away “First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you” (“F. Scott Fitzgerald”). This particular quote by made by Fitzgerald shows the powerful supremacy that alcohol can have over an individual’s body. F. Scott Fitzgerald was notoriously known for his intricate reflection of culture life in the 1920’s and 1930’s. With that being said, Fitzgerald not only wrote stories that reflected general aspects of culture life, but also wrote about his own…

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    Gender Gap In Congo

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    Education is something in LDC’s that aren’t funded enough and are too expensive to attend because of the high unemployment rate in the Congo. In tertiary school, 11% of men are enrolled compared to women coming in at 2 %. In tertiary schools, the gender parity index is .75. In secondary school, the enrollment ratio is 57 for men and 50 for women. Additionally on supplemental data, secondary enrollment in 1996 was 74 for females and 94 for men .Literate women as % of literate men 15-24 is 90%…

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