Still on the Bottle I have been working in a pub four years, ever since I turned fifteen. I have watched many people come in and out of the pub. While not thinking about the alcohol people were consuming, I always did my job and gave the customers what they wanted. I have learned many things from my work but the biggest thing I have learned was that people who drink tend to behave in a ridiculous ways and also there seems to be more alcohol consumed every year. When I started at Double E…
been found, though, that there are several factors known to increase the chances of becoming an alcoholic. As any other drug, alcohol brings negative side effects to its most common misusers. Needless to say, alcohol targets not only one body organ, but it…
Alcohol can cause pancreatic and liver disease, including alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. “Heavy drinking is linked to higher rates of many cancers, including cancer of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, and esophagus.” (Gale, 2015). Drinking excessively can create damage to heart muscles and rise in blood pressure.…
Breaking the law is a hobby for many young adults. Underage drinking is just one broken law of many. The Prohibition was a time during the 20th century where alcohol was banned from the US. Even during the 20th century, breaking the law was a form of entertainment. The Prohibition led to speakeasies popping up all over. Speakeasies were secret businesses that served alcohol. They had a guard at the door to warn the business when they were in danger which will then lead to the business…
It was non-partisan, contained both men and women, and had branches across the country. A professor at the State University of New York, David Hanson says “the League’s main base of support was among Protestant churches in rural areas and the South” (Anti-Saloon…
I personally think that the drinking age should be lowered to 18. The 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act, [23 U.S.C. § 158], requires that States prohibit persons under 21 years of age from purchasing or publicly possessing alcoholic beverages (APIS - The 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act). There are some excuses to the law. One main Idea about lowering the drinking age is that if you can risk your life for the army or some armed forces, you should be allowed to order a drink. "Support…
Sexy Soap, Spirits, and Salad Sex sells! This is a distasteful but accurate statement. There is a great deal of sexuality in the media today that cannot be avoided. There are many times when I am casually scrolling though twitter or flipping through channels and an ad pops up that is extremely sexual. Businesses have found a way to make their product more desirable through this type of portrayal, and they are not going to change that anytime soon. One of the articles that I came across is…
expenses, job loss due to alcohol-induced sickness, auto accidents, deaths, and arson collectively cost an estimated $53 billion annually (Meier, 2006). This cost does not include the estimated annual $116.2 billion spent on the purchase of alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, and spirits by underage college students. A common trend that is fueling the increasing rate of excessive alcohol consumption on college campuses is a form of heavy drinking known as “binge drinking”. Wechsler & Nelson…
In many scenarios, when a non smoker hears about the word marijuana, they immediately turn to think of words such as pothead, dropout, or junkie. But what makes this wrong is it only applies to a small percentage of people that use the drug. Many people who have smoked this drug…
with many responsibilities including the ability to enlist in the army, vote, live on your own and most importantly you are officially considered an adult citizen. One of the rights or responsibilities not included though is the right to drink alcoholic beverages. 18 year-olds can vote, smoke, marry, drive, fly, pay taxes, take out loans, hold public office, serve on a jury and fight for their country, so what’s the big deal (Amethyst Initiative, "Statement”)? Let’s stop spending all this tax…