2002 REVIEW REPORTED LEVELS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND BINGE DRINKING WITHIN THE UK UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT POPULATION OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS JAN S. GILL Department of Occupational Therapy and Art Therapy‚ Queen Margaret University College‚ Leith‚ Edinburgh EH6 8HX‚ UK (Received 4 July 2001; in revised form 24 August 2001; accepted 28 September 2001) Abstract — Results of a literature review of 18 studies investigating the drinking behaviour of undergraduate students at UK universities over a
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first stride to expand public awareness of drunk driving are students being taught within their school educational programs. A recognized tagline “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk”‚ presented in 1983 by one of the first public awareness campaigns. The campaign has influenced friends tremendously. It is essential for students to have knowledge about the severe consequences and outcomes of their decisions of drunk driving. According to “Drunk Driving‚” “Nearly 70 percent of Americans have reported
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adult‚ why can they not make an adult decision to go have a drink? Following that decision‚ would be to get a ride and not drive. The drinking age is something that most people do not follow. Some say 18 should be the drinking age. The problem is so many people debate on whether or not the drinking age of 18 is healthy‚ but 25 is too old. Being able to have a drinking age set at one age is never going to please anyone‚ but there are certain laws that could be made more clear. Even though medical research
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concern for colleges and universities across the country” (Turner et al. 323). Many students do not think twice before leaving a party intoxicated and driving. Although not all alcohol related accidents result in fatalities‚ many can cause serious injuries such as broken bones along with head and brain injuries. Along with bodily injuries driving intoxicated can cause criminal issues. Some students may even turn to robbery or vandalism while intoxicated that could lead to huge consequences. They
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founded. Hard to believe isn’t it? I am going to give everyone some information on what exactly drunk driving is‚ who may be affected by drunk driving‚ what can happen if you are one of the millions caught each year for drunk driving‚ and the tests that may come into to play if you happen to get pulled over. I could not believe how many lives were directly and indirectly affected by drunk driving. It is understandably that people die each day from non-alcohol related accidents‚ but facts from the
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Fluoridation of Your Drinking Water Drinking water fluoridation is mandated and controlled by the municipality you live in for tooth health. 1) Should it be mandatory or a choice? Fluoride has been added to public drinking water supplies around the world for more than half a century‚ and is well-supported by scientific evidence. In Canada‚ most people are exposed to fluorides on a daily basic‚ through the trace amounts that are found in not only consuming foods but also drinking fluoridated water.
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Topic 2 #3 (Satirical criticism) Walter Harding is most accurate when he said you could read Walden as a satirical criticism of modern life and living. Another way of saying this would be that Thoreau writes in a way that he is criticizing the way modern people are living. In fact‚ he believes‚ that we could be living in a different way‚ which would ideally be a more nature-oriented and simplistic form of living. In other words‚ Thoreau thinks the best way to live is to abandon all materialistic
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Monitor‚ a college market research company‚ college student’s state that the three biggest problems on college campuses are the cost‚ stress and drinking. Now more than ever‚ college binge drinking is becoming a relevant issue and it is often linked to rape and sexual assault. A recent study conducted by‚ The Maryland Collaborative to Reduce College Drinking and Related Problems‚ found “that alcohol use of any kind on campuses across the country each year results in 1‚800 deaths; 600‚000 injuries; 700
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This essay will present arguments for sober driving ultimately presenting arguments against impaired driving. Driving sober must be the only way a person gets behind the wheel no doubt that impairs drive is costly. There is no evident to support any arguments against sober driving‚ nonetheless‚ statistics have proven the implications of impaired driving. In 2008‚ more than 1.4 million individuals were detained for DUI‚ yet that figure speaks to under one percent of the self-detailed episodes of alcohol-impaired
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Do or Die In the United States‚ drinking soda is no longer a fad: it is an addiction. Despite the rising medical problems in our country‚ Americans refuse to reduce their consumption of soda. Whether soda consumers choose to deny links between soda and health risks or ignore them‚ it is unfortunate that these consumers are oblivious to how serious of a problem drinking soda truly is. Regardless of what companies who produce the drink claim‚ soda is a dangerous liquid and is harmful to the human body
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