Binge drinking‚ especially among the youth‚ has been on the rise in Singapore. explore some of the reasons why youths resort to binge drinking and the consequences. What is binge drinking? This happens when someone drinks excessive amounts of alcohol. To drink alcohol socially is one thing‚ For instance‚ at parties and at gatherings. Conversely‚ when alcohol is heavily consumed over a short period of time‚ also commonly known as‚ binge drinking‚ it brings about undesirable health effects to the
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Binge drinking Binge drinking usually refers to drinking lots of alcohol in a short space of time or drinking with the intention to get drunk. Researchers define binge drinking as consuming eight or more units in a single session for men and six or more for women. Due to the long-term effects of alcohol misuse‚ binge drinking is considered to be a major public health issue. Binge drinking has become more popular in several countries worldwide‚ and overlaps somewhat with social drinking since it
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Topic:Should the minimum legal age for drinking alcohol raised from 18 to 21 in Australia Name:Michael Student #: Thesis statement:The minimum legal age for drinking alcohol should be raised from 18 to 21 in Australia Paragraph 1 1st Topic Sentence:Increasing drinking age makes our society safer 1st Supporting Idea:drunk drive causes many accidents Evidence:new drivers--poor skills--easy to be killed- 3.65 drivers and 0.77 additional people died 2nd Supporting
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Drinking at 18 The drinking age should be 18 because less high school students would binge drink. For three reason. One reason is that The united states is in the minority of have the drinking age be 21. Another reason is If 18 year olds have other big responsiblities they should be resopsible enough to drink. Also having the alcohol age being 18 would make teens less likely to become criminal. There are only four countries including the United States that order 21 to be the drinking age. In
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Underage Drinking Underage drinkers drink to look cool and it may be the social thing to do at the latest party or even at home; feeling curious a teen may consume alcohol to fit in with their surroundings. This can be due to the fact that the minor could be pressured into drinking. With all the popular media hype about alcohol and especially during the Super Bowl; it just shows minors that it is okay to participate in drinking and if they do‚ this great boost will occur. The other cause to these
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Binge Drinking Binge drinking is a style of drinking generally identified as having five or more drinks in a row for men‚ and four or more drinks in a row for women. This amount is said to typically be the standard for the average adult to be legally drunk. There are many factors that combine to determine how alcohol affects each person; these include: gender‚ weight‚ food consumption‚ and genetics. In most cases‚ females will take longer to metabolize alcohol and therefore will have a higher BAC
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A persuasive speech against underage drinking My thesis statement is to convince you to think twice about picking up that next bottle of alcohol. When we look around us we will see many underage students drinking. Now let’s think to ourselves‚ is that a good behavior or the best thing they need to be doing? According to Prof. Rosenberg from the Psychological Bulletin 1993‚ alcohol is the most serious problem facing teenagers. I will like to say that some students at college most likely gone
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Should the Voting Age be Increased or Decreased? The right to vote is one of the most salient human rights. It gives everyone a chance to voice their opinion on how they think that we should be governed. It allows the government to listen to the people and get rid of bad rulers. With this being said‚ I think that teens younger than 18 should be able to vote. Many may think this is inapt‚ and condemn me for it‚ but it only makes sense. Teens are growing up‚ and will be the light in the world for
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The average American begins drinking at 15 years old‚ despite the fact that the legal drinking age in the United States is 21 years old. Underage alcohol use is more likely to kill young people than all illicit drugs combined. I believe that raising the drinking age to 25 years old can save many young lives. Affects of Adolescent Drinking Adolescent drinking affects a child ’s mind‚ body and future. Adolescence is the between childhood and adulthood. During this time alcohol use may interrupt
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but those who think the driving age should be raised are wanting this to happen. They are labeling all teens before they got into an accident or even before they got behind the wheel. They believe that because of someone’s birth date‚ they are by definition dangerous (“Lund”). The minimum driving age should stay at 16 of age because if it is raised‚ it will delay the experience of driving and it will cause an inconvenience for parents. Raising the legal driving age will only delay the experience
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