Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Prevention And Risks of Under Aged Drinking

             

                                   What Could Happen If You Don't Stop



                       The risks of today's drinking standards are very high for teens. Today there are 10.1 million under aged drinkers and they are teens. Drinking leads to alcohol poisoning, kidney failures, hard time concentrating in school and the most common one, unprotected sexual activity. (www.carbontexas.org/Youth-Drinking-Issues) Because of today's society and the drinking problem among teens, it causes teens in High School to receive D's and F's or maybe cause them to drop out. They don't realize how serious it can  be to their life. It could cause them to be an alcoholic or maybe a homeless person. Many homeless people are homeless because of drugs and being an alcoholic. More and more teens turn to alcohol for a stress reliever such as Marijuana. Drinking causes them to forget things they want to forget and if drinking is involved they could be risking their lives. Kidney Failures are most of the time produced by alcohol. And if there is a continuous of drinking it could cause life threatening situations.
                      Poisoning can come from anywhere food, lead anywhere but the one that kills is called alcohol poisoning. According to the CASA teens that drink before they are 15 are more likely to have a drinking dependency, than those that start when they are 21. It occurs when consuming to much alcohol.http://www.ehow.com/about_5410509_statistics-teenagers-die-alcohol-poisoning.html.  More than 700,000 students are involved in under-aged drinking sexual activity. This is caused by being intoxicated and just having the urge to have sex with anyone. 15-17 year old and 18-24 year old said that drugs and alcohol involved gives them a high risk of having sexual activity. By senior year 81% of students have had sex because they were intoxicated according to http://www.georgiahealth.edu /shs/sexualhealth/sexalcohol.html . What you can do to stop this habit is to not drink at all everything that was named could happen to you if you don't stop. 
                                                                                                                        TaiaRucker
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2 comments:

  1. Emma KJanuary 16, 2013 at 7:50 AM

    It was really good, and you had strong points, but maybe include more pictures.

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  2. o'learyhealthclassroomJanuary 21, 2013 at 6:39 PM

    I think you needed to read your sources a little more thoroughly. The last one is done by a University in Georgia, so they are talking about senior year of college. Alcohol poisoning is caused from drinking too much alcohol at one time...which is different than being poisoned by lead or food (which actually contain bacteria that makes you ill). It would have come across better if the last statement in the last paragraph had not been a 'you' statement. That leaves the reader feeling defensive. Overall, I know your heart is in the right place, but it needs work. 17/20

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