and engage in more harmful activities‚ like drunk driving. Although surveys have documented a decline in recent years‚ consumption rates remain highest from late teen years to the late twenties. Despite the long-term decline since 1982 in alcohol related traffic deaths‚ a 4 percent increase occurred between 1994 and 1995 among young adults of the age 21 and over. As alcohol impaired driving persists‚ The biggest problem with drunk driving by young adults is the high rate of traffic accidents
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Driving intoxicated impacts thousands of peoples lifes every year. Driving drunk costs the United States 132 billion dollars a year. It costs on average per United States citizen 500 dollars a year. Drinking and driving can be preventable. Almost every 90 seconds a person is injured by a drunk driving accident. You can even prevent it today. High Schoolers today that use alcohol or other substances are 5 times more likely to drop out of highschool. Children who start drinking young
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follow their parents’ lead‚ try the activities already done by their friends and establish their own identities. Seventy percent of high school students have had at least one alcoholic beverage‚ and they are often with their friends when they drink. Teenagers and young adults get involved with alcohol and drugs for many reasons. Some examples include: • Curiosity: They want to know what it feels like to get high or be drunk. • Peer pressure: Their friends are doing it. • Acceptance: Their
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Grammar III 10 May 2012 Pregnant Teenagers in School? Yes! Having a baby when you are young will change your life. Besides referring to teenagers’ pregnancies‚ many people think that is a terrible idea while teens are attending school. It has been such a controversial topic. The tradition of some families to build values‚ mostly focusing on teenagers’ behavior and preventing their daughters from getting pregnant at a young age. Being a pregnant teenager is a hard start to life‚ and therefore
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Texting and Driving Katelyn DeRiso Persuasive Speech Rough Draft Five years ago on a bright June day‚ then-20- year-old Amanda Kloehr went about her usual cell phone routine: "Updating my Facebook status‚ reading other people’s updates‚ and texting‚" she says. But she wasn’t at home or even in class—she was behind the wheel of her car‚ cruising down U.S. Route 13 at a highway speed. Amanda couldn’t have known that moments later her distracted driving would cause her to slam into
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the social problems involving teenagers has been increase. We can hear or read about social problems or even crime which done by a teenagers in very young age through news in television or newspaper. These social problems involve murder‚ theft‚ take drug‚ violence and crime. Many people believe that this is because parents spend more and more time at work and has less time to supervise their children. However‚ I do not believe this is true. The reasons of why teenagers involve in social problem not
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responsibility. According to statistics‚ over 40‚000 people are killed each year due to automobile accidents that could have been prevented. By taking a defensive approach to driving‚ you could ultimately save someone’s life or help prevent an accident. Defensive driving skills can also help you avoid the dangers caused by other people’s bad driving. Before you get behind the wheel‚ it is important to learn skills that will help you stay in control. First of all‚ make sure your vehicle is in good working condition
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EFFECTS OF READING ON TEENAGERS Reading is one of the oldest activities in human history. It provides you with information you want on a wide variety of topics and entertains you in a fascinating way that only the reader understands. Although reading itself is a rather personal experience‚ the benefits you get from it from a long-term perspective is far from limiting. If you start reading in your teens‚ I am sure you will notice its positive effects on your future personal development and in many
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By just hearing the words toddlers and teenagers you wouldn’t think there were many similarities. But think again‚ toddlers and teenagers have a lot more in common than you would think. Of course teenagers are a lot bigger and have more responsibilities then a toddler would‚ but I personally think they have more in common than in differences. Having two younger twin sisters that have just turned six and one half and me being eighteen I get to see all the similarities and differences in my everyday
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Driving can be a dangerous task when people do no remember the rules of the road. There are many important laws that people can forget from the age they take driver’s ED to the age of 75. By taking a knowledge test every year‚ we can eliminate a responsible driver’s forgetfulness of simple laws. US citizens should have to take a driving test every year because most American deaths/ injuries are cause by irresponsible drivers‚ and a test would help people remember and follow laws more closely.
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