Drinking

and they all have a reason why they do it. The drinking age should be lowered to 19 because there is research that proves that lowering it would be helpful to many different groups of people. The drinking age should be lowered to 19 because if you drink responsibly it is actually good for you. Research shows that the brain continually develops, and that alcohol in moderation can actually maintain a well-functioning brain into old age(Legal Drinking…

like clockwork, drinking seems to play a major role in most of the cases but there are various ways to fight back and decrease the fatalities. First and foremost, as an individual you should always refuse to ride along with a drunk driver; as well as never decide to get behind the wheel no matter how close or how badly you need to be somewhere. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention gathered information from all over the United States in 2014 and discovered that drinking while driving…

Binge drinking is the term commonly used to describe drinking heavily over a short period of time with the intention of becoming intoxicated. Teens are falling for the illusion that Alcohol makes you confident, able to fit in with friends and overall have a better time. A survey of Australian secondary students in 2005 found that one in ten people between the age of 12 and 17 admitted to binge drinking, or drinking unsafe amounts of alcohol. Although many government organisations and initiatives…

Furthermore, the minimum drinking age is decided by evaluating the reasons or need to regulate alcohol. Cheadle et al. informs social scientists that early drinking among adolescents elevates the risk for problem drinking in their article because stressors (a factor of adolescent drinking) decrease positive attitudes and increase negative attitudes in the adolescent’s life. The study gathers data from North American Indigenous adolescents to determine the causes of adolescent drinking and how it…

(Valerie Richardson Coors Urges lower drinking age Page 2) 10.4 million kids reported drinking last year so obviously this law is not working. The average teen begins drinking at 14, seven years before they can legally drink. (Dr. Ruth Enys The drinking age should be lowered Page 1) Since the drinking age was raised teens have tended to drink in more of an abusive manor. (Author unknown Lowering the drinking age Page 1) More young people tend to drink abusively when they do consume alcohol…

harmful when excessive amount is present in the drinking water system. The U.S. Public Health Service has set the maximum value of phosphate in drinking water at 3.0 mg/L. In this experiment, several samples were diluted and its concentration were analyzed through a spectrophotometer. The results obtained (0.1 mg/L and 2.28mg/L) are within the U.S. Public Health Service’s standards and are deemed to be safe. Introduction It is important that drinking water is monitored regularly to assure that…

Experimenting with Underage Drinking I believe that we can all agree that alcohol is the most common and popular drug in the many diverse cultures that are represented. This is a very severe problem because not only is it just an addiction, it is also a disease. The majority of teen aged kids have consumed more alcohol than adults aged 21, and I find this statistic to be very interesting and fearful at the same time. I too have participated in this dangerous act, and I also have many friends…

Alcohol use among adolescence within America is seemingly the drug of choice. A vast number of adolescence across American society is experiencing the consequences of alcohol use at a young age. The result of underage drinking in this country is a leading public health concern (NIH, 2006). Statistics Alcohol use is continually an ongoing concern in American society. Recently, sizable declines in adolescent alcohol use have been recorded. The percentage of American 8th graders who reported…

Lowering the Drinking Age The day kids turn 18 they are no longer kids, they are adults. As adults there are so many things you can do. From voting to buying a house, but there is one thing 18 year olds can’t do… drink. The three topics I will be talking about in this paper will be traffic related accidents, sexual dangers, and college campus dangers. There are many stories about teenagers drinking underage. Even if the drinking age dropped to eighteen from twenty-one do you think that…

disease caused by risky/high risk drinking in Australia. In 2005 it was found that one in ten people between the age of 12 and 17 admitted to binge drinking, or drinking unsafe amounts of alcohol. From the ages between 16 and 17 the figure increased to one in five people. Teenage males are three and a half times more likely than females to die from alcohol-attributable injury. The purpose of this binge drinking ad is to raise awareness for under aged binge drinking and violence when under the…