Alcohol is a drug found in beer‚ wine‚ and liquor that causes intoxication. Alcohol can impair a person’s physical and emotional state. Intoxication is the physical and mental changes produced by drinking alcohol (Friedman‚ Stine‚ and Whaten 2242). Some people believe that beer and wine are safer than liquor which leads them to believe that it is okay to drink. The truth is that one 12 ounce bottle of beer or a 5 ounce glass of wine is equal to the amount of alcohol in a 1.5 ounce shot or liquor
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kill you!" As this is true‚ those are not the only reasons why. There are always the diseases. You may think that there is not much affect to drinking besides the fact that you can get drunk‚ except there is. There is always liver cancer‚ or the alcohol can just affect your liver‚ not causing cancer but still damaging it. And about drugs I actually never thought there were real diseases. All I knew about them was that they surely will kill you and that even though you try just once it can affect
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• “Sin taxes” on cigarettes and alcohol are designed to boost revenue‚ not improve public health • Minimum alcohol pricing will exacerbate poverty and entrench inequality without discouraging binge drinking • Most of the costs of drinking and smoking fall on individual consumers‚ not the public. There is no economic justification for increasing taxes on smokers and drinkers. In a report released today‚ The Wages of Sin Taxes (Download PDF) by Christopher Snowdon‚ the Adam Smith Institute condemns
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5period Supreme Court term limits The Supreme Court needs younger judges to function better. The supreme courts judges will not function very well because they are missing one judge out of nine judges. For example “Antonin Scalia suffered from coronary artery disease‚ obesity and diabetes” and this shows that the Supreme Court will not function properly with old judges. Therefore‚ term limits are a great idea because younger judges are less likely to have any
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The Health Effects of Teen Alcohol Use There has been many studies conducted on the health effects of both short-term and long-term use of alcohol among adults. Long-term risks inlcude liver damage‚ pancreatitis‚ certain cancers‚ and literal shrinkage of the brain. Alcohol use is the second leading cause of dementia; one simple ages quicker on alcohol. (3) But professionals today are worried about a steady increase in teen alcohol abuse and the possible negative health effects. According
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007454.htm Alcohol and pregnancy When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol‚ the alcohol travels through her blood and into the baby’s blood‚ tissues‚ and organs. That means when a pregnant mom has a glass of wine‚ her baby has a glass of wine‚ too. Drinking alcohol can harm the baby’s development. Alcohol breaks down much more slowly in the baby’s body than in an adult. That means the baby’s blood alcohol level remains increased longer than the mother’s. This
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and open use of alcohol is an unnecessary vice that is enjoyed and accepted by a majority of the United States population‚ unfortunately‚ it leads to social and moral downfalls. Alcohol should be held to the same standards as other illegal mind and body-altering substances‚ as alcohol is addicting and has no medical value. Lawmakers and active voters should put an outright ban on alcohol. The revenue that is generated from the manufacturing‚ distributing‚ and sales of alcohol is a major source
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Drinking Age There is a question that a lot of people have been wondering for a while now. Should the drinking age be lowered to eighteen years old? The United States Of America is one of the few countries to have a drinking age of twenty one‚ and a lot of people is wondering‚ at eighteen years old‚ you are old enough to go to war‚ drive‚ to choose the president‚ but not old enough to drink? Teenagers turn 21 and don’t know how to control their drinking‚ when in fact‚ they should be taught
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ALCOHOL ABUSE Health Education May 21st ‚ 2014 Citations "National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism." Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Detroit: Gale‚ 2014. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 May 2014. "Alcohol Abuse and Addiction." Alcohol and Tobacco: America ’s Drugs of Choice. Detroit: Gale‚ 2006. Information Plus Reference Series. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 May 2014. "Drunkard Attacks Wife." Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources. Ed. K. Lee Lerner
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Alcohol Abuse among Hispanics Hispanics are the largest and most rapidly growing ethnic group in the United States‚ making up about 17 percent of the population‚ or more than 50 million people. Research shows that drinking patterns among Hispanics are different from those of non-Hispanic Whites and other ethnic or racial groups (National Institute of Alcohol and Alcoholism‚ 2015). Hispanics’ drinking problem is associated with low socioecomic status such as poverty and low education‚ acculturation
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