The thought of alcohol being involved in fatal crashes brings about an emotional response. Recently‚ there has been a movement based on emotion rather than logic to change a certain drinking and driving law. This involves lowering the Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) from 0.10% to 0.08% nationwide. However‚ this attention is misdirected. By looking at my personal experiences‚ statistics‚ and current laws‚ it is clear that there is no need for lowering the BAC. First off‚ I do not drink. Yet‚ I’ve had
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1 EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON BRAIN FUNCTIONING & NEUROTRANSMITTERS When alcohol is consumed the brain is unable to send the correct messages through the body and disrupts communication between the nerve cells . It suppresses nerve activity‚ throughout the cerebral cortex and the central nervous system (CNS) by significantly slowing down the pace of actions taken and information received . Consumption also alters two of the major neurotransmitters within the brain being the Hippocampus and the Prefrontal
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Alcohol Anonymous Paper Alcoholism Alcoholism is a very dangerous disorder that many people are suffering from. A lot of Americans don’t realize that alcoholism is a big deal‚ and they may not even know someone very close to them is an alcoholic. For the paper I chose to sit in on an alcohol anonymous meeting and this is what I observed. I attended an open alcohol anonymous meeting. I walked in nervous and I wasn’t even there to share if I were an alcoholic. I introduced myself to the leader
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GROUP: According to the World health Organisation 2009‚ Alcohol is one of the world’s top three priority areas in public health. I am trying to prevent alcohol dependence among the under 30’s as…….As you can see from the bar chart prevalence has shown that there has been a 11 year rise in alcoholic liver disease deaths between 2002 and 2012. As you can see from this graph from The Office of National Statistics‚ 2012‚ it shows the Top 5 alcohol related deaths by causes and age group‚ England and Wales
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Alcohol advertisements should be banned. Alcohol is the ingredient found in beer‚ wine and spirits which causes drunkenness. Abuse of alcohol‚ or consumption of more alcohol than the body can handle‚ can lead to liver damage and other debilitating conditions. Alcohol abuse can also lead to alcoholism‚ or alcohol addiction‚ in which a person becomes physically and psychologically dependent on alcohol to the point that he or she cannot function without it. Alcohol advertisements can be seen virtually
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What is alcohol? To most people “alcohol refers to the intoxicating ingredient in most beer‚ wine‚ liquor”. When people think of dangerous drugs‚ they probably think of heroin‚ crack cocaine‚ crystal meth or prescription painkillers. Because it is legal‚ alcohol is not‚ in most cases thought of as a substance with the ability to kill you or lead to chronic‚ irreversible health problems. It can wreak havoc with your health; destroy your family‚ your career‚ your hopes and dreams. Worst of all‚ it
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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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Alcohol is mostly used among the youth‚ 24 % 18-year-old youth are reported being drunk in February 2016 (Squeglia & Gray‚ 2016). Excessive alcohol use will seriously affect gray and white matter regions in the brain. Gray matter includes neuronal cell bodies‚ dendrites‚ synapses‚ capillaries‚ and glial cells. When drinking alcohol‚ there has decrease in gray matter and white matter encroachment on gray matter (Squeglia‚ 2016). Theses neural changes lead to an imbalanced development of brain. According
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Issues with Teenagers and Alcohol Abuse People have been drinking alcohol for thousands of years‚ and attitudes about alcohol have fluctuated greatly over the centuries. It has gone from being an accepted form of relaxation to being a tool of the devil and recently it has risen to the number one drug of choice among North American teenagers. Alcohol is classified as a drug because of its effects on the body. It is not digested like a food; instead it is absorbed directly into the bloodstream and
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With regards to alcohol has many long term effects. The bloodstream transports blood all over the body. As soon as alcohol is consumed‚ it goes into the bloodstream and spreads throughout the body. It can affect the bones; it was said in‚ “Effects of Heavy Drinking‚” that alcohol can make arthritis more painful by inflaming the joints that are affected. Another example of liquor affecting the bones is gout which is another form of arthritis that harms the foot. The consumption of alcohol makes this disease
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