Both marijuana and alcohol are said to be dangerous, or harmful to our bodies in some shape or form. This is why from a very young age; we are told that to avoid any sort of drug use to avoid ruining our lives. Alcohol is legal across the entire nation, but the legal age limit to consume alcohol is 21 years old. Marijuana however is illegal in the majority of the nation; with 23 states that allow marijuana use for medical purposes and 4 states (Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Alaska) that allow for
Keith McGrenaghan 12th Grade Alcohol essay The Long-Term Effects of Alcohol Use Alcohol is primarily absorbed through the stomach and the small intestines. It is considered a food because it has calories, but does not need to be digested and proceeds directly into the body through the digestive system. After ingestion it is carried through the blood stream and crosses the bloodbrain barrier, at which time impairment begins. A greater amount of ingestion causes greater impairment to the brain
In this essay we are going to talk about the way that most people that don’t smoke marihuana see the consumption of this drug. How can people stop being closed mind about this topic?, What if this drug ‘’marihuana’’ were legal as alcohol and cigarettes? What would people think, if this were like that? Nowadays people have forgotten that alcohol and cigarettes (Tobacco) are not drugs, why? Because the consumption of this is so normal, that society sees it as nothing bad, they for surely know that
The recreational use of soft drugs such as marijuana or ecstasy is less harmful than alcohol consumption and therefore should be decriminalised. When you hear the word drugs, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? A nightclub full of adolescents, hopped up on happy pills, raving until night turns to day, or going down to the liquor store to buy a bottle of wine with dinner? Decriminalising recreational soft drugs is something that cannot be taken lightly, and a decision that can have many negative
This essay will describe the lifestyle and the environment factors which affect people 's health. Lifestyle factors have considerable effects among people, it affects the health of people and it causes many social and biological consequences, such as an alcohol consumption and smoking. It has been evidence that people who are smoking, they are more vulnerable to the respiratory tract and cancer diseases. Firstly, the burden of morbidity and mortality are related to the harmful effects of alcohol
drug; but why is it considered a drug? In this essay I hope to persuade you that marijuana doesn't deserve the label it has been given. I will use several different examples that will prove to you that marijuana isn't as harmful as people portray it to be. This is a discussion that we have had in the past, when or culture was trying to prove that alcohol wasn't as bad as our government was trying to portray it. Hopefully after reading this essay you will understand why people push for the legalization
ESSAY #1: UNDER THE INFLUENCE DROWNING IN ALCOHOL DROWNING IN ALCOHOL Throughout the decades, alcoholism has become a common issue that has become the cause of the deterioration of many relationships. In Scott Russell Sanders essay, “Under the Influence”, it is demonstrated how his relationship with his father continuously weakens due to the effects of alcohol. In order to create a deeper understanding of the impacts that alcohol consumption has on families, Sanders
die from alcohol use every year? Hi I am Gage Guldenzopf a D.A.R.E. Student. This is my essay on three topics we have learned in D.A.R.E. this year. Those three topics are Alcohol, tobacco, and resistance strategy to avoid these topics. My first topic is about Alcohol. Alcohol is considered a drug because drugs affect the body and mind how the works. Alcohol kills more than 75,000 people each year as stated in the first paragraph. Alcohol has many effects to the body and brain. Some effects of alcohol
University, graduating in 1967. “The Company Man” essay indicates how an excess of work can take over an individual’s life by having emotional impact on the people around them on a daily basis. “Under Influence” essay shows the readers a family experience with one of the immoral habits, which is the alcoholism. The readers can realize the common purpose of each author writing on both essays is to warn the general public about the negative effects of some of the evil habits and
tolerance, they are more vulnerable to the effects of alcohol. As people grow, different parts of the brain develop at different rates, depending on whether they are male or female. The pre-frontal cortex houses the part of the brain that controls rational thinking. This does not mature until the age of 19 and will fully mature around the age of 21 in women and 28 in men. Damage to this part of the brain during the time it is being developed causes long term effects including memory, personality and behaviour