Underage Drinking The youth at this days is drinking much more than the youth in the past and this is a big problem because the world is having more criminality and deaths because of this. The number of women since 1977 to 1993 tripled and there are more men drinking than women. 5000 adolescents a year are death because of alcohol. A 60 percent of college women who had sexual transmitted diseases where on the influence of alcohol‚ 90 percent of the campus rapes were because or the victim or the
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Most of the policies dealing with alcohol are not to prevent alcohol addiction‚ but are to prevent underage drinking and to create safer roads. These policies are enforced with a combination of local‚ state and federal laws (Source 3). The laws are not directly dealing with roads‚ but the laws do create safer roads in the end. The federal‚ state and local governments have control over the manufacturing of alcohol‚ deciding who can drink it‚ deciding who can sell it and the responses to alcohol related
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Have you ever had someone effected by underage drinking? 1 in 6 teens binge drinking and cause accidents. In the Journal of Alcohol and Drug Educations that compared with those of legal age‚ a significantly higher percentage of students under age 21 were heavy drinkers‚ and caused more accidents to themselves then what first thought of (Smith and Smith‚ 1 and 2) . Most students or “underage drinkers” don’t think about what could happen if they did drink — leading themselves into many different issues
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world war in the age of mass extermination” (John F. Kennedy). Give me a drink when I’m back from war. The legal drinking age is 21‚ but you can fight for your country at 18 years old‚ you are sent off to commit government approved murder‚ but you can’t have a beverage of your choosing. The legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 to reward bravery and prevent mass underage drinking. Addiction starts at a young age… Waiting till your 21 seems almost impossible especially to 18 year olds. This
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speed limit‚ running red lights‚ ect.) Now mix that with drugs and/or alcohol and they are putting themselves and others in danger. Students Against Destructive Decisions works with students and schools to raise awareness and inform the risks of underage drinking and its outcomes. Some schools that host a club will Peer-led classes‚ fundraising events and more. Besides attending‚ students can hang posters and banners on drunk driving statistics‚
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for this‚ in this paper I will exam the causes of underage drinking and they effects that this may place on the individual‚ their families‚ and society. According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services‚ "Young people begin to take risks and experiment as they transition from childhood to adulthood. Without support and guidance‚ some young people may engage in behaviors that place them and others at risk including using alcohol." (Youth and Underage Drinking: An Overview‚ 2004)
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Underage drinking and drugs use have been a big issue encountered by many teenagers across America. The problem is not only about drinking alcohol and drug use itself but about the consequences caused by these unhealthy activities. Excessive alcohol consumption cause lead to motor vehicles accidents‚ fight‚ rapes‚ suicide‚ homicide‚ etc. A study found that American youth have a big portion of hospitalization for alcohol consumption reasons. Among this youth population‚ men were more often found to
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age. There are many dangers about underage drinking. In many cases alcohol has lead to fatal car crashes. One-third of all drivers ages 21 to 24 who died in a car crash had a blood alcohol level that was over the legal limit. Drinking can cause major brain damage. The brain is still developing‚ drinking underage may cause lasting impairments in brain functions such as memory‚ coordination‚ and motor skills. It is more likely that they will be a heavy drinking later in life than a teenager who
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reached the age of maturity as defined by law. As stated by law‚ anyone at the age of eighteen and above are considered an adult yet the age group between eighteen and twenty are unable to consume alcohol legally. The United States has the highest drinking age restriction compared to the entire world. According to the International Center for Alcohol Policies‚ the only country that comes close in comparison in the age restriction of alcohol is Japan and Iceland where it is currently restricted to age
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The True Cost to Underage Drinking Unsupervised‚ underage drinking is a growing epidemic within the United States. However‚ there is another growing epidemic that seems to be larger than underage drinking: unreported sexual assaults. The amount of people being sexually assaulted are growing every single year and the percentages given out about these assaults do not correlate to exactly how many people get assaulted. The amount of money State College and Penn State invests into the investigation
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