Drinking

Underage Drinking My topic is underage drinking I feel as though many teenagers engage in drinking, even if it is going to a party. Underage drinking has became a problem over the world among young people, such as our high school underage teenagers. There is more than half of our high school students who engage in a regular basis of not being aware of the risk or how dangerous underage drinking is. Drinking alcohol can cause many problems such as drinking and driving and alcohol poison, and…

There are many arguments in favor of having a standard drinking age nationwide. Most of the arguments favor 21 as the standard age nationwide primarily for health and safety reasons. One argument is that having the drinking age as 21 prevents adolescents from accessing alcohol. If under 21 it is illegal to purchase, possess, and consume alcohol, high school students who are 18 cannot provide alcohol for their peers and fellow classmates. Drunk driving fatalities have also decreased 13% in…

Are you aware that approximately 25,000 people are killed due to drunk driving? In addition, alcohol is the number one factor in traffic deaths.(Gottfried 51) Not only teenagers, but adults, too, and even babies. Is drinking and driving still a problem for teenagers? That is a question most adults worry about, especially if their child(ren) is involved in a terrible car accident. That is one thing a parent does not want to go through. Many teens do not know how this effects people both…

Alcohol has been around for thousands of years. It is often use for religious and cultural reasons, but for some reason the American society views alcohol as a taboo beverage, so much so that they have made the minimum drinking age to twenty-one, the highest minimum drinking age in the world. Alcohol has been used by virtually every culture and continent on earth. According to a study published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, alcohol has been around for at least 6,000 years.…

Underage drinking: A serious Problem in Society Underage drinking is a huge problem in the world, by the age of 15; approximately 50% of teenagers have had at least one drink (Too Smart to Start). Not only is this “disease” affecting people all over the world, it is on an upwards trend and an increasing amount of teenagers are joining in. Thousands of people every year are negatively impacted due to the effects of alcohol. Whether one is underage, or they are in the legal age…

drinking-missing class to failing or having to drop out”( Hallblanco par. 1). Maybe they did not receive the education or pay attention but they're not the only ones if that's the case, according to the CDC “4 out of 5 college students drink. Two out of three engages in binge drinking. 90% of alcohol consumed by young people is consumed while binge drinking”(Hallblanco par. 1). The college kids who may drink every once in awhile isn't the problem, the problem is how dangerous this can get out of…

people are dying world wide due to drinking and driving. A estimated 1.2 million drivers were arrested in 2011 for driving under the influence (DUI) or narcotics. Drinking and driving do not simply go together because, a driver needs to be able to make good and fast decisions on the road. On average, two in three people will be involved in a drunk driving crash in their lifetime. The most common age group for drinking and driving is between 16 and 19. While drinking and driving it may become…

Beyond Hangovers: Smartphone Drinking App lets you Know When it’s time to stop The Alcohol Tracker, a smartphone drinking app, let’s you know how much alcohol you’ve got in your system and if you’ve had enough. We tend to think that alcohol problems are associated with binge drinkers or those dependent on it. The truth is that no level of alcohol is risk-free. So, drink smart. Drinkaware Doctors in Singapore have developed the perfect drinking app, helping users to keep track of their daily…

effect of binge drinking. I plan to delve into the ideas and perspectives of both a college student, and researchers excavating what it is that presumably engulfs a college student to consume large amounts of alcohol at a given time, and how the effects…

‘Was the government successful in curbing binge drinking by introducing the Alcopop Tax?’ Teenage binge drinking has become a major problem in Australia with almost 90 per cent of Australian teenagers over the age of 14 years having tried alcohol at least once. These statistics call for Government intervention in order to prevent the overuse and development of binge drinking among teenagers as it contributes to the three major causes of teen death: injury, homicide and suicide. This…