While abuse of substances may have strong awareness in America, alcohol abuse is still a sizeable problem in society. Programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous and safety measures such as having sobriety checkpoints on the road both go to try and to prevent the issues that arise with alcohol abuse. These methods attempt in general, to examine the consequences of abusing this substance and aim to eliminate dependence in the user. More importantly, Alcohol has known negative effects for it’s drinker, but when it’s abused it also stems past the abuser to affect the family, and even the community in which the individual lives. Alcohol is a depressant that has wide use in America. Many times this will lead to overuse and even abuse of the substance. …show more content…
Once put behind the wheel of a vehicle, the impaired driver increases the death risk of everyone else on the road. Now this wouldn’t be so bad if it didn’t kill random helpless citizens, but it does. About one third of traffic-related deaths are caused by alcohol impaired drivers in the United States (CDC). As for the people the irresponsible drivers managed not to kill, they get to inconvenience their lives instead. In order to regulate and keep the roads safe, police will set up sobriety checkpoints in which they stop random drivers to check if they are sober. These usually occur during holidays or times of the year when drinking while driving is at it’s peak. Now we know that some people barely have the patience to wait for a red light or stop sign, so the irritation that would occur when someone is stopped on their way to see family is most likely increased. The checkpoints are not a bad thing, but if the decision to drink and drive would be lowered they would not be as necessary. Alcohol abusers use vehicles to bring their addiction to everyone else who doesn’t even know them. This is by far the most negative thing that alcohol abuse brings into this world, therefore it should be avoided or at least under