Drinking

mental health. Therefore, this is a topic of vast interest relating to the negative and positive effects that consuming alcohol has in our system. Consequently, moderate drinkers can have a reduced percentage of having type 2 diabetes while heavy drinking can lead to liver and heart damage. This topic is an interesting paradox due to the benefits and negative drawbacks that consuming too much leads to and it’s in the interest of myself and anyone who would benefit from knowing more in depth…

Gallos English III 3/27/18 What is the best way to prevent deaths from drinking and driving? Did you know that drunk driving takes the lives of about 10,000 kids or adults per year? That’s almost 29 people a day.(Drunk Driving 1) It is also surprising to find out most of the people getting into accidents while intoxicated are kids under the age of 21 and not people that are over the age of 21. There are laws that prohibit drinking and driving, in the state of North Carolina if you are…

Underage college drinking is harmful and is a significant public health problem, and it takes an enormous toll on the intellectual and social lives of students on campuses across the United States.1,2 Here at UC Merced a plan is being devised to tackle this issue by setting a goal included in the Healthy Campus 2020 objectives. The goal is reducing the proportion of students who report engaging in high-risk drinking of alcoholic beverages within the last week, from 32% to 31.6%.4 Although any…

slurred speech, endless laughing, dizziness and more. Teens can get arrested for drunk driving by drunk driving itself, by stopping them and seeing if they drank by using a breath thermometer or if they end up running somebody over. Most cases of drinking is peer pressure which is when a friend or friends they keep telling you to do it and also everybody else does it or because some people just want to fit in or be popular. Parents all over the world encourage…

specifically for people under the age of twenty-one.The United States needs to lower the current drinking age because its people need to understand the effects alcohol has on their body, to moderate the amount of alcohol consumed and prevent problems like binging in places…

especially hard because there is so much pressure put on them. They are so overwhelmed by these tasks that they do not know what to do to solve the anxiety they are feeling, or in some cases depression. Some peoples’ way to deal with stress is to drink. Drinking alcohol has had an increase over the past couple of years.…

Putting thought into raising or lowering the drinking age can sometimes be tricky. There are a few reasons why I could see people wanting to lower it but over all many more negatives when discussing this topic. Different opinions go into this discussion from kids under 18 to adults above 21. Although kids may think alcohol is all fun and games but lowering the drinking age to under 21 will cause issues with people not knowing their limits, drunk driving, and abusive behavior. Although some…

“Just take one drink” and “you’ll have more fun once you start drinking” are some phrases that teens are influenced by in today’s society. All teenagers would love to say that they have not been influenced by peer pressure, but most of the time a teenagers first drink occurs due to peer pressure. Teenagers see and hear about alcohol while watching tv, listening to much, and just hanging out with friends. The idea of drinking these days is to get drunk so you’ll be someone else. Be more outgoing…

continue to take advantage of alcohol usage. The three factors which contribute to students who binge drink on college campuses are peer pressure, a relief from stress, and risk taking. The first factor which contributes to college students binge drinking on campus is peer pressure. Peer pressure is a major problem for students, especially freshman. When students first get on campus, they want to meet new people, and will do anything…

Underage Drinking: the Reality Underage drinking--many do not consider it a problem, unless they know one of the 88,000 people who die each year from excessive alcohol use (National Council). A party may be considered merely a social event, but for many teens the night will not end well. Instead of fun, teens experience high blood pressure, brain growth interference, kidney and liver failure, alcohol poisoning, and possibly death. Underage drinking could be more actively prevented; teenagers…