Alcohol Should Be Allowed In High School Essay

Teens everywhere think about drinking, but they usually don’t think about the consequences. In fact, one out of 10 children ages 12 and 13 uses alcohol at least once a month. In a single year, 522 children under age 14 were arrested for driving while intoxicated, (113 of them were under 10 years old). 70 percent of all teenagers drink alcohol. 60 percent of all teen deaths in car accidents are alcohol-related. To most people, these numbers are just statistics. And most teens never think of themselves as a statistic. It’s easier to picture other people as one, so what would happen if your best-friend tried drinking for the first time, and decided to drive home because she thought she was sober “enough”? You probably wouldn’t see her much, because her chance of making it home safe are smaller than her chances of getting
Schools need to address the problem more forcefully and frequently. Frankly, I don’t believe that one week a year is enough to teach kids about the dangers of drinking underage, and driving under the influence. The problem is partially due to the fact that in almost every school, elementary through high school, that on week is the same week, every year! Red Ribbon week is great, however there needs to be more. The school board is worrying too much about the money and not enough about the children’s well-fare. If a little extra money gets put towards a campaign to stop teen drinking, instead of that money going to re-paint the railings in the whole school, then that would make a massive difference. Little things can make a big difference if adults get involved and look at what really matters. Teens don’t want to listen, so it seems nearly futile to lecture them, especially when they are being told what is and isn’t good for them. That’s why more drastic measures need to take place more often, as a wake up call. Visuals, real-life stories, and fundraisers need to be utilized in order to save