In the Article “Binge drinking Is a Serious Problem for Underage Drinkers” by Emily Listfield there are a series of reasons why underage Binge drinking is against the law and Extremely dangerous. Binge drinking underage has become more common and more deadly. The legal drinking age should be increased because it gives kids/teens more time to mature and more time to think about the consequences of not only underage drinking but binge drinking as well. When kids/teens enter high school or college they are always looking to fit it. In today's society it is not unheard of for a college student to be drinking alcohol, oddly enough high school and middle school students are drinking just as much.
Snyder uses the percentages of the average alcohol consumption of a certain age contrasting to the amount of time to support her claim. In the graphs provided, it can pinpointed that for “a 20-year-old man who saw few alcohol advertisements...was predicted to have 9 alcoholic drinks in the past month compared with 16 drink if he saw many advertisements”(Synder 5). Snyder uses fear and caution to attract the readers to her statement against the exposures that lead youths drinking. In the article, she states that underage kids “who consume approximately 20% of all alcoholic drinks...are involved in twice as many fatal car crashes while drinking”(Snyder 1). She list other negative effects of
According to studies, US states like Michigan and Maine have experienced increased alcohol related crimes once the drinking age has been reduced to 18 over there. Due to undergoing physical changes, introduction to alcoholism at such an age can act as a catalyst or a trigger that may create a range of associated problems like drug abuse, unprotected intercourse, depression and anger and social evils. Children at such an age do not have fair understanding of the actual amount to consume and so may be prone to uncontrolled drinking leading to alcohol abuse. If they are allowed to drink at such an age, they will surely be engaged to binge upon
One major thing is Alcohol poisoning from a hard night of drinking can cause you to overdose on alcohol and basically die.. Binge drinkers are one of the majorities that are affected from alcohol poisoning. Binge drinkers take in an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time and then maybe wait for a month and do it again in one night. Excessive drinking from teens can suffer from blackouts and cause them to forget things very easily. Teens that do regularly drink hardcore are shown to have bad testing scores in school and perform bad in school in general.
In History classes, important events are usually described in a way of using dates, conflicts, agreements, cause and effects. Even the smallest things that we think wouldn 't even matter, have had the greatest impact on our history. In this book, Standage chose to pick out the little things; Drinks. The six most important drinks throughout our history. I really like the way Standage wrote the book.
Some reasons for this is that the media likes to glorify alcohol; for example, “borgs” have become a very popular social media trend that includes drinking half a gallon of vodka mixed with flavored water in one sitting. According to Elizabeth Shepard, “75 percent of young teens say that alcohol is easy to require.” This is a huge problem because the three leading causes of death in young adults are car crashes, homicides, and suicides- alcohol being the leading factor in all three (Shepard). Therefore, underage drinking trends contribute to the issue of drunk driving in the United
Once a brain cell dies, it cannot regenerate. Therefore, drinking alcohol before the brain fully develops encompasses life threatening consequences. “Drinking is more dangerous for youth because there’re still developing mentally and physically” (Voas). Even other authors such as Voas agrees that drinking is dangerous before the brain fully develops. Critics will say that college students will continue to binge drink if the minimum age remains the same; however, the “21 law… has most certainly resulted in fewer accidents, because the decline occurred even when there was little enforcement and though penalties had not yet been enacted” (Voas).
In many research studies, experts and analyst have been able to prove because of the research of one month, that there is more young adults drinking than any young adult smoking marijuana or smoking cigarettes. Underage drinking over the years has become one of America’s biggest social problem. Young adults are not aware enough of how dangerous alcohol can be to them and their families. In reality alcohol has been the main reason we have so many young adults or even preteens having many physical problems and deaths. This has ruined many lives and sadly is one of the massive difficulties that more than fifty percent of young adults have been facing today.
Teenagers are going to drink with their loved one the more they hangout and do stuff with each other. The research states “Higher proportions of teenagers that drink with the loved one spend at least 25 hours a week with their boyfriend or girlfriend than of those who spend 10 or fewer hours”(hollander 181). Drinking with your loved one is especially bad. It is bad because the more you drink the more likely an accident is going to happen. You're going to make mistakes that are going to cost a whole lot of damage to your body and to your mental
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), about 1 in 10 teens in high school drink and drive. This is a lot. The CDC also states that young drivers are 17 times more likely to die in a crash when they have a blood alcohol level of .08 or above compared to when they haven’t been drinking; however, there is still some good news. Teen drinking
In some countries, like in Europe the drinking age is set at 18. Even though people in the US think this is insane, this set age has more positive effects than people think it would. It is known that binge drinking is a problem in the US since it has the highest rate in the world for binge drinking. In Europe, teenagers get their license at age 18, and some drinking ages are lower than that, they figure out how to control their drinking before the drive. Unlike in the US, kids drink and then drive because they either have to be home by curfew or they are too scared to call their parents for a ride, and admit they had been under the
Drugs such as alcohol have an effect on all users, regardless of their age; however, alcohol has an especially harmful effect on teens since their bodies are still developing. Studies have shown that alcohol has numerous negative effects on a teen’s body and mental health; for example, a study conducted by the Center of Disease Control and Prevention stated that “alcohol consumption affects the brain’s frontal lobes, which is essential for functions such as emotional regulations, planning, and organization” (“Age”). Teens already have high emotions and difficulties planning and organizing; alcohol will only enhance teens’ struggle. The Center of Disease Control and Prevention also found that alcohol consumption at a young age can potentially cause chronic problems such as memory loss, depression, suicidal thoughts, and poor decision making (“Age”). Teens have a difficult enough time making decisions and organizing their lives, but adding alcohol to the mix will only make matters worse; their bodies are still developing, and they are still learning to be adults.
In America, one in eleven young adults reported being “binge-drinkers”, which means having more than five alcoholic beverages in a row (Hardey). This statistic is insane when taking a look at the total number of young adults in America right now. In 2021, Statista
They feel that it is “cool” to drink and drive. The one thing that teens don’t realize is how much one drink can do. One drink can change a life or often many lives in a
Studies concluded that, “Adolescence is a critical stage of development in which the brain undergoes neuromaturation and reorganization characterized by changes in neurotransmission, plasticity, and synaptic remodeling. The results of human and animal research suggest that alcohol exposure during adolescence adversely affects brain development and maturation, causing brain damage, structural alterations, and cognitive deficits.” (Guerri 2010) This simply means that as a young adult, consuming alcohol may lead to severe brain damage as well as stunting the growth of the brain. However, the brain of a human is not fully developed before the age of twenty-five, so any
