raising the drinking age
Research report on raising the drinking age.
Commerce assessment 1.
Introduction: this research report is going to inform and find the advantages and disadvantages of increasing the drinking age, this report will explain the medical, social, financial and other reasons to inform the reader on the different points given.
Advantages of increasing the drinking age:
Medical:
Medical reasons to support that the drinking age should rise: including the maturity of young adults and also the maturity of an older person for example according to the Australian national health and medical council almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of drinkers aged 18 to 24 years say they drink alcohol to get drunk and one third (35 per cent) report not being able to stop drinking once they’d started. More than a third (39 per cent) is unable to remember what happened the night of a big drinking session on the other hand results show that 60-70 per cent of people aged between 26 to 32 drinks to relax and socialize.
Hospitals and medical staff: if the government choose to increase the drinking age there would be a decrease of alcohol related injury and violence in the public for example the pointless king hits in Sydney’s kings cross and other locations around Sydney. Some of these are un-heard of.
The health effects: the health effects on the human body can harm physically and mentally for example the nervous system; this interferes with the different nerve impulses in the brain and nervous system. Alcohol abuse can result in psychological problems, rapid pulse, trembling, anxiety, and the loss of intellectual ability. Diabetes is also common too as to much alcohol can cause chronic inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis), which can impair its ability to secrete insulin, ultimately leading to diabetes. If you already have diabetes, alcohol is even more dangerous because if
Commerce assessment 1.
Introduction: this research report is going to inform and find the advantages and disadvantages of increasing the drinking age, this report will explain the medical, social, financial and other reasons to inform the reader on the different points given.
Advantages of increasing the drinking age:
Medical:
Medical reasons to support that the drinking age should rise: including the maturity of young adults and also the maturity of an older person for example according to the Australian national health and medical council almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of drinkers aged 18 to 24 years say they drink alcohol to get drunk and one third (35 per cent) report not being able to stop drinking once they’d started. More than a third (39 per cent) is unable to remember what happened the night of a big drinking session on the other hand results show that 60-70 per cent of people aged between 26 to 32 drinks to relax and socialize.
Hospitals and medical staff: if the government choose to increase the drinking age there would be a decrease of alcohol related injury and violence in the public for example the pointless king hits in Sydney’s kings cross and other locations around Sydney. Some of these are un-heard of.
The health effects: the health effects on the human body can harm physically and mentally for example the nervous system; this interferes with the different nerve impulses in the brain and nervous system. Alcohol abuse can result in psychological problems, rapid pulse, trembling, anxiety, and the loss of intellectual ability. Diabetes is also common too as to much alcohol can cause chronic inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis), which can impair its ability to secrete insulin, ultimately leading to diabetes. If you already have diabetes, alcohol is even more dangerous because if