Youth drinking alcohol is dangerous. According to www.drinkaware.co.uk the young body is not developed enough to properly digest alcohol until the age of 20. Alcohol and youth is a safety hazard because according to the same website drinking when in your youth can cause, diabetes, liver failure and other organ failure, just to name a few. A young person’s brain is not fully developed until they are in their twenties. This specifically includes the pre-frontal cortex which is responsible for making decisions. So drinking when you are young can and will inhibit your decision making ability, and it is not just for that night, it can also cause permanent damage to the brain. For young women this is a very relevant idea because so many young women get taken advantage of sexually by abusive men because their decision making ability is inhibited while they are drinking and, if pregnant, they could be harming their babies. The four ideas above which are, the health risks for alcohol and youth, the long and short term effects alcohol has on youth, how alcohol can negatively affect young women and youth drink driving will be my main points for this piece and will make you question. Is drinking and driving worth it?
Alcohol is a drug, and like most drugs is bad for your health. According to www.cdc.gov.uk there is a significant difference when comparing the health of a non-drinking young person to a drinking young person. Some of the illnesses that youth can develop are lifelong illnesses like diabetes. Alcohol damages insulin production levels especially in people under the age of twenty one. This can lead to type one diabetes which is a life long illness that you would have a lower chance of developing if you did not drink. Also www.cdc.gov.uk states that people who start drinking under the age of 15 are five times more likely to develop alcohol dependency or abuse. This means if you start drinking young, later