Tavish Hower Mr. Peterson Plutto4@aol.com English 101 11 December 2012 Teenage Alcohol and Drug Abuse Every hour‚ over 3‚500 teenagers try drugs for the first time. (Drug facts) This outrageous statistic sadly applies to many of my classmates and peers. Through first hand experiences and other people’s mistakes‚ I have learned the dangers of teen alcohol and drug abuse. In Desert Mountain High School alone‚ over 50 percent of the 20 students I asked smoke marijuana on a fairly regular basis. Marijuana
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“Humankind has used mind- or mood- altering drugs at least since the beginning of recorded history and maybe before” (Substance). As time as well as technology progressed‚ so did the use and abuse of drugs and alcohol. The invention of the automobile increased the dangers of the abuse and use of these drugs. Each year in the United States and Canada‚ alcohol abuse is the cause of 100‚000 deaths. Alcohol is also the drug that children ages 12 to 17 most commonly abuse. Teenagers become eligible
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Alcohol‚ Smoking and Drugs Before anyone ever takes a hit‚ or a drink‚ or a smoke‚ there is a decision made in the mind - a healthy decision or an unhealthy one. Sometimes as ourselves making a healthy choice is hard because we are tired‚ stressed‚ angry‚ pressured‚ or influenced by another person - e.g why we end up eating chocolate instead of fruit as eating things like chocolate stimulates our minds. As nicotine is legal to take at the age of 16 by law it has become a well known behaviour for
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would eliminate drug and alcohol abuse. One reason why I would eliminate drug and alcohol abuse from society is because it causes crimes. It causes people to murder and steal to feed their addictions. Good people can be pressured into using drugs and alcohol and potentially ruin their future. People using drugs and alcohol would not be able to hold a steady life style. Their family would slowly fall apart‚ pretty soon having no one to turn to. People using drugs and alcohol sometimes hide themselves
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Natalia Jimenez Drug and alcohol use In our society‚ we face a number of problems. We face many different problems. The problem that causes most of the problems these days are drugs. Drugs cause bad decision making and it gets people addicted to bad habits. Alcoholism is one of the major problems in society. The effects of this disease are really serious. Many people get used to drinking alcohol‚ and they can easily abuse. Smoking can cause lung disease and damage. Drinking alcohol affects your mind
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Ludvigsen September 5‚ 2012 Running Ahead: Alcohol vs. Drugs Alcohol vs. Drugs This essay is about the use of alcohol and/or drugs that can be harmful and deadly to an individual. Alcohol can be used for different reasons‚ like for a special occasion or you can be on a casual date‚ but it can also be used for depression in which most cases people abuse it by going over the limit. People who abuse alcohol use it to cover up personal problems that have occurred in their
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Alcohol: The legal drinking age in the state of Missouri is 21. The legal limit of blood alcohol concentration in Missouri is .08. If either of these laws are disobeyed you could face serious consequences or even death. When you drink you experience effects from it. There are two kinds of effects short & long term. Short term effects happen then‚ & continue for a short time afterwards. Short term effects include; nausea‚ vomiting‚ loss of judgment & self control‚ blackout‚ coma or even death
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Running head: Drug Usage and Juvenile Delinquency “Drug Usage as a Major Effect in Juvenile Delinquency.” Kenneth W. Blevins Jr CJUS310-B03 Abstract The major effect of Juvenile Delinquency is due to the usage of drugs and the inability for the youth to know what type of affects that narcotics have on them. The usage of drugs also has the effectiveness with the youths family problems‚ either because of the teens usage or the parents constant usage and (or) distribution of narcotics. As we
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Drug and Alcohol use A lot of college and high school students use drugs and alcohol frequently‚ they do it to find a way to escape reality because it’s too hard for them. Some people see it as a serious problem like their life is threaten by that. I on the other hand down really see it as a problem. I don’t see it as a problem because first of all that person is only trying to have a nice and fun time. Secondly when someone is on drugs or have been drinking they get to lazy to do anything that’s
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Alcohol and Drug Addiction Samara Kitchens COM/156 Instructor: Sunday‚ May 19‚ 2013 There was a missing person report across the news today‚ my co-worker stated. I never paid any attention to it; I went on about my day as if everything was fine. When I arrived at home I had several
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