“In fact, of all underage drinking, some 90 percent is consumed through binge drinking” (Hall). This causes an unsafe environment because it has fatal consequences that are shown everyday. Almost all underage parties occur when parents are out of
Alex Wilmore Professor Joshua N. James ENG 111 22 June 2015 Annotated Bibliography J. A. Grunbaum, L. Kann, L., S. Kinchen, et al, "Youth risk behavior surveillance-United States, 2003," MMWR Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Summary 53(2):1-96, May 21, 2004. This article talks about the different types of research that has been conducted and associated with Underage Drinking. This plays a big role in risky sexual behavior, as well as unwanted, unintended, and unprotected sex, and sex with multiple partners. Such behavior will increase the chance for unplanned mental function for catching sexually transmitted diseases, as well as infection with HIV, and the virus that causes AIDS.
PART A: LAWS REGARDING UNDERAGE DRINKING It is against the law for an underage person to buy alcohol in all states and territories in Australia. It is also against the law for anyone to sell alcohol to a person under the age of 18. If a minor is caught buying alcohol in all state or territories they may be given a warning, be fined on the spot by police or can choose to go to court where they can be fined further if found guilty.
Last year’s figures show that three quarters of them got drunk, one in five passed out and a quarter of them injured themselves during the schoolies week. A more detailed survey was conducted in 2011 with the results being; 73.6% had been drunk, 37.6% had a hangover, 29.6% had sex, 16.8% had sex without a condom, 4.4% injected a drug, 3.5% shared a needle or syringe, 6.3% had driven a car while under the influence of alcohol, 10.6% had been in a car with a drunk driver, 24.8% vomited due to drinking, 6.1% vomited due to taking drugs, 18% passed out due to drinking, 6.9% passed out due to taking drugs, 26.5% had been injured or hurt, 14.2% had been in a fight, 13.1% had been sexually harassed, 15.6% had been cautioned by the police. An information expo was held by our year 12 health class. The topic
Society has changed dramatically over the year, however, have the changes been positive or negative? The illegal use of recreational drugs is a rapidly increasing problem in today’s society and very little has happened in resolving it. Australia’s youth are the most heavily affected by drugs, especially in comparison to the other generations. There are a plethora of factors contributing to the rapid increase of drug use, especially amongst the younger community. The multitude of factors include; the increasingly easy ways of access to drugs, the thrill of success in outsmarting their prosecutors and the decreasing prices that are making the drugs more affordable to the general public.
More Australian Teenagers Are Just Saying No To Alcohol. In Australia, the number of teen drinkers had plummeted since 2001. However,
Underage drinking accounts for 11 percent of all the alcohol consumed in the United States, SAMHSA notes. More than one in five kids 12 and younger has consumed alcohol. By high school, two out of three teens has, a new study reports. The problem is many teens do not stop at a few sips. They binge.
Introduction This paper will discuss the ensuing difficulties regarding teenage non-medical prescription drug use and the possible alternatives to reduce abuse in the youth population. Discussion There is an imperative need for parents to understand the physical and emotional problems their teens may be facing and get them the help they need to adequately and appropriately address the varying issues. Furthermore, most adults think of teen drug use as an outward expression of adolescent rebellion; a means to party and experiment.
Undercutting this shock is the shame and silent suffering of those with a drug addict in the family. The addict is to be found across all classes and across all cultural backgrounds. Australia’s drug problem is only worsening, as more people than ever are being arrested for drug related offences. Between 2012 and 2013, more than 100,000 Australians were arrested with drug charges. Most of these charges are reported to be accompanied by violence.
It is difficult to stop a problem if society does not view it as a problem; the tragic truth is that because alcohol abuse is viewed as a normal part of society, not much is done to hinder it. Because alcohol abuse is so widespread in our society, it affects all ages, ethnic groups, and types of people. Underage drinking has become a much more common issue in our society. In fact, it has not only become more common, but commonplace; in society, underage drinking is almost given no second thought.
The recommended option is to enforce a healthier drinking culture. The current drinking culture encourages individuals to drink excessively and shames those who do not participate in drinking. As a result, Australians have developed a negative relationship with alcohol that can be reflected in the amount of problems that have arisen in the last decade. In changing the drinking culture by educating young adults and teenagers on how to consume alcohol in a safer way and removing the stigma that not drinking is socially unacceptable, future generations will be brought into a much safer drinking culture. Enforcing a more positive drinking culture has complications that can influence whether it will work.
In fact, the law may increase the amount of eighteen to twenty year olds who do drink. It has been shown that, especially in college-age students, there is a tendency to not do what they are told, on the contrary, they will do the exact opposite. The problem with the drinking age being twenty-one is that some students drink purely out of defiance). The number of fatalities is down in all age groups, not just teenagers, and cars driven now are much safer than the cars that were being driven in the early 1980’s, and teenagers are much safer drivers, which can be attributed to the decreased amount of fatalities. Also, in other countries that have lower drinking ages, the number of fatalities has
Substance abuse is a major health care problem in Canada and considered a complex issue with a wide range of risk factors (name, date). Individual characteristics, interpersonal relationships, school pressures as well as various other cultural, social and environmental factors are all contributing to the prevalence of substance abuse. Among the populations, it is found that alcohol and other substance abuse rates are the highest among teenagers and young adults (name, date). The most commonly used substance among youths is alcohol and over 40% of young people between the ages of 15 to 19 has admitted to having five or more drinks at once in the past year (name, date). Binge drinking is not a rare behavior and children as young as 12 claim
Today in the United States about 4,358 people under the age of 21 years old die each year from alcohol-related car crashes, homicides, suicides, alcohol poisoning, and other injuries such as falls, burns, and even drowning. More than 190,000 people under the age of 21 visited an emergency room for alcohol related reasons in 2008 alone. Alcohol related motor vehicle crashes kill someone every 31 minutes and non-fatally injure someone every two minutes. That’s a lot of people gone because they wanted to go out and party and not think about the consequences ahead. In this essay I’m gonna give you information to why Underage Drinking is very very bad for you.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services acknowledges that there are 10 million teens in the United States drinking regularly and over 20 percent binge drink. ( Teen Alcoholism). This information illustrates the dependence that teens have developed for alcohol and many of them don 't even know the issue that they are building for themselves. The signs that demonstrate that a teen is becoming or is addicted to alcohol are that he/ she is a heavy drinker, they drink regularly for no reason and becoming upset over the removal of accessibility of alcohol.
