Summary/Response # 1 1. In “Curbing college drinking starts with a change of attitude” Sara Fritz explains that college drinking is a serious problem. Empowerment is an essential tool for college students‚ parents‚ and authorities to fight against alcohol abuse. 2. The over consumption of alcohol has become a cancer. For example‚ over a million young adults have died every year as consequence of alcohol. Students don’t understand how dangerous excessive drinking can be. When parents try to explain their
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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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university students ’ definitions of binge drinking. Psychology of Addictive Behaviours‚ 26(2)‚ 187-193. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0026440 - This study contributes by providing insightful definitions of binge drinking according to what undergraduate students think they are‚ and these definitions are varied according to type of beverage‚ respondent’s gender and respondent’s drinking status. Courtney‚ K. E.‚ & Polich‚ J. (2009). Binge drinking in young adults: Data‚ definitions‚ and determinants
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Underage Drinking Many teens face adult problems at a very young age. Underage drinking viewed in the eyes of parents and law enforcement agencies is a major problem among teen. In today society‚ kids are being pressured into doing things at a very young adolescent age. Problem many parents are facing in their own life are also posing as problems on their kids. The answer teens today must make is no longer just what shoes to wear or what matches what‚ but the must decided on drugs. Amongst
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