Girls And Drugs: Article Analysis

According to the report titled “Girls and Drugs” that was released in 2006 showed that girls were surpassing boys when it came to the use of alcohol. This report stated the in 2004 over 1.5 million girls started using alcohol compared to the 1.2 million boys the started using in the same year. According to the report girls were using alcohol and other drugs due to the decline of their self-esteem and self-confidence. A study has found that girls with low self-esteem at the age of 12 were two and half times likelier to engage in heavy alcohol use by the age of 15 unlike the girls that have higher self-esteem. Some other reasons why young girls use alcohol is to increase their mood, boost their confidence, it makes them loosen up, and in some cases young girls use it to lose weight. Now we all know that the media likes to what I

In my opinion even though comparing the data in the report in 2006 to the 2013 and seeing a decline on the over all picture of the use of alcohol in young females and males and the general population in the U.S. I still think alcohol is a problem like mention in other discussions. I could only hope that if they do another survey nine years from now we will see another big decline as we seen in the past nine years. To continue the declining trend we as adults and parents need to continue to educate boys and girls on the truth about alcohol. It is true what they said in the 2006 report if parents and adults get involved and educate the boys and girls about the truth about alcohol on how if you use it responsibly you can have a good time with it when you are a legal age to drink. We also must show them the negative side of alcohol so the can see for them self on what happens when you miss use alcohol and with showing the negative side hopefully it will detour boys and girls from even using