The Adolescents Of Alcohol Related Risks

Every 51 minutes in America, someone is killed in a drunk driving crash. A dangerous issue facing society today is the problem of teen drinking and driving. Currently an approximate of 10,076 people die in drunk driving crashes per year. If positive progress to ceasing this act does not happen, teens will continue to drink and drive putting everybody on the road at risk. Teens who drink and drive put everyone on the road at risk, causing serious crashes that could be preventable.

Today, alcohol use continues to be regarded by many people, as a normal part of

In the article “Underage Drinking” the author highlights the effects and dangers of consuming alcohol before it is legal. While it is true that “In most countries around the world where alcohol is legal, the legal drinking age is eighteen”, the author states that alcohol can still have more negative effects on those under the age of twenty one than adults. The author provides many statistics, such as “research showed a correlation between the lowered drinking age and increased car accidents” to back up these statements. It is clear that the author’s main goal in the article is to inform the public about the negative outcomes of underage drinking, but it seems that their ulterior motive is to persuade against it. This is obvious, as the author shows no positives or even opinions from the opposing side.

Alcohol is something that some of us can't resist and we have different relationships with it. Some people drink it because they’re going through something painful while others drink just for fun. Whether it’s for fun or not drinking have become a huge issue for society and statics show that many people are dying in accidents under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.

According to the New York Times, “More than 1,800 students die every year of alcohol-related causes...600,000 are injured while drunk, and nearly 100,000 become victims of alcohol-influenced sexual assaults”(Mcmurtrie). This is the case as many students in America find happiness in the consumption of unhealthy amounts of alcohol and underage drinking. Unfortunately, these issues have been more prevalent on college campuses, where students have formed a culture of abusing alcohol. There seems to be no solution in sight as many college students fall victim to the devastating effects of alcohol abuse and underage drinking despite the legal drinking age. Regardless of the brutal effects of misusing alcohol, college students still continue to binge drink and participate in underage drinking. This leads one to wonder the cause of this destructive phenomenon. While some blame the minimum drinking age, others blame the society and the ignorance of the college students. Although these factors may contribute, in reality, college students in the U.S. tend to abuse alcohol because of their perception of alcohol and its consumption.

The P.A.R.T.Y Program is an organization to help Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth (hence the acronym P.A.R.T.Y), but is it a useful experience for students in grade nine? Although some may argue that is was an exceptional experience, and in some cases that may be true, it has been proven to have several defaults. For instance, the lack of movement decreases the ability of the student’s focus, and the scarcity of the instructional information was shocking. The lunch activity, although seems effective in theory, was more frustrating than informative.

“Teens who drink don’t just drink. They drink to excess. More than 7 percent of eighth graders, 16 percent of sophomores, and 23 percent of seniors report recent binge drinking” (Karen Bellenir 65). Alcoholism continues to ruin the lives of underage drinkers; alcoholics in general are walking billboards to major companies that advertise their products, especially underage drinkers that in the process they mess up their lives, and make alcohol companies wealthier. Crimes, violence, and homicides are a result of alcoholism side effects taking over the lives of those who fall under the spell. Giving underage drinkers a false sense of security, self confidence, and maturity. At one point or another hitting rock bottom, walking up to a world they once belonged to, and cannot find a way to reincorporate in to it, leading them to commit suicide, vanishing one at a time without anyone noticing them.

Alcohol abuse can cause wrecks, smoking can cause many different cancers. Whenever people under age consume alcohol, they tend to do stuff that they will regret. Whenever people under age smoke they have some sort of cancer in/on their body. When adults drink they still have a chance to wreck but the percentage of adults getting in a wreck is less of a chance of an underage drinker. They have age restrictions for a reason.

If they are under twenty one a alcohol, because drinking is known to cause brain damage and damage to the liver and drinking at a early age can do more damage than to somebody that’s 21. Teen drinking is mostly common from the age twelve to eighteen which can affect their learning and damage their brain and give them learning issues and have a lot of trouble problem solving and not understanding words as quick as other scientist have proven that teens iq goes down more than fifty percent and hundreds of teens die from alcohol every year so this shows America how dangerous alcohol really is its sad how most good teen gets pear pressured into drinking by they friends jest to fit in to the group drinking also causes teens to have unperceptive

I chose an article from the Chamberlain Library entitled Teens and alcohol abuse. This article coincides with my previous discussion topic college students and underage drinking. This article outlines the statistics for alcohol use and abuse among teenagers and young adults. It defines alcohol abuse as “a pattern of heavy drinking that significantly compromises a person’s physical health and social functioning” (Sherwood, 2015). It is estimated that 855,000 Americans ages twelve to seventeen fit the diagnosis of alcohol use disorder in 2012 (NIAAA, 2012). It goes on to say 35% of American teens have had at least one alcoholic drink by age 15 and 65% begin drinking by age 18.

Around the world we are finding that most adolescent are experiencing drugs and alcohol. This has been a huge issue for years. This has become a trend in society as of today. This paper will discuss the perspective of adolescent alcohol and drugs. This paper will also identify and inform you on the common predictors of adolescent substance abuse. Substance abuse can lead to negative behavior such as problems at home and school, loss of friends, health issues, and lack of memory. This paper will focus on how peer, family characteristic, and individual and factors link with substance abuse in adolescents. It also will show a connection and variables linking to factors in at risk youth. It is a fact that most adolescent are influence by drugs and alcohol because of their peers, family and individual characteristic.

Teenage drinking has become one of the largest social issues among teens in America today (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). Underage drinking is a serious problem. It causes physical and mental problems along with impairing your ability to drive leading to hurting someone or yourself. Underage drinking is illegal because it can give teens mental and physical problems, increase violent behaviors, and when drunk while driving teens can hurt themselves or others.

Alcohol is a very serious problem among teens and even adults because alcohol is the most commonly abused substance among American youth, also alcohol can affect school and work, exercise and sports participation, and other drug use. But binge drinking is also a huge, unhealthy problem for many people.

This states that children are products of their environment while watching their parents consume alcohol, they are mentored at a young age thinking that it’s ok to drink alcohol. High income translates to more work and less times spent with their children. Adolescence is the time to prevent the negative effects alcohol. This is the time to teach kids the importance of consequences. Parents must be always involved with their children's lives; Uninvolved Parenting will decrease chances of children realizing the effects of early onset teenage alcoholism. Educating the children about the family's wealth is also Important. If children have the mentality of the family's wealth and taught responsibility, children will less likely to attain bad habits. Working also can be engrained in a child. Little things such as outdoor activities and games help children enrich his/her thinking and will benefit the child in the upcoming teenage years. Prevention is key in fighting teenage drinking. By educating while they are young makes it less likely they will succumb to this deadly habit. A study revealed that that 70% of 15-year-olds with affluent backgrounds already consumed alcohol; where 50% is only consumed by their counterparts. The study also concluded that affluent teens double the regular consumption of alcohol, making it a

The disease of alcoholism has so many different definitions and effects people a lot of people all over the world in so many different ways. The worst part of the effects of alcoholism is that it effects every individual differently so it hard to pin pointing what exactly causes it which makes understanding the disease that much harder. The age in which people start drinking is getting younger and younger and with that the people with alcohol problems is growing and growing; underage drinking can also effect the development of growing teenager and can really hurt them in so many different ways and the most important part is that it is against the law to consume alcohol if you are under the age of 21 but unfortunately that doesn’t deter kids from doing it. Even thought there are so many problems associated with alcoholism and the drinking begins at a younger and younger age there is hope the disease can be treated it is not a death sentence. Alcoholism can be treated though a lot of different channels life Alcoholics Anonymous can really bring those people that suffer from the disease back from the brink of death and for most it is a life changing program. Unfortunately even though alcoholism can be treating there are a lot of people out there that don’t ever receive treatment and they not only are putting their health in danger but they are also are putting innocence people in danger the longer they continuing on the treacherous path of alcoholism the higher the chance of