Teen drinking is a serious problem and each year the statistics go higher and higher and more and more teens are drinking. This is a safety issue for teens are not old enough to know how to control their drinking. In an article I read called‚ “let my teenager drink”‚ written by T.R. Reid‚ suggests that it’s okay to let our teens drink. On the opposed side‚ Author Joseph A. Califano writes in his article that it is not okay to allow teens to drink. Reid does make some good points in his article
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crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. Fourteen percent of all deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents are teenagers. Teenage deaths due to cars occur a little over fifty percent of the time on weekends. Of all teen drivers being killed in car accidents‚ forty five percent of the time there is a passenger in the car. Statistics show that 16 and 17-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger. Speeding is a major factor in teenagers driving. Of all injured teenagers
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distracted driving every year (“EndDD”). Many types of distracted driving happen everyday‚ and nearly every driver becomes distracted. Distracted driving happens when the driver is distracted while driver a vehicle. It is dangerous because almost every driver does it every time they are driving and it is very easy to cause fatal accidents while being distracted during driving. Cell phones have greatly impacted distracted driving because texting and driving has become the most common cause of distracted
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U.S.‚ there are also many negative consequences. It has become very difficult to monitor the legal drinking age of 21‚ and as a result minors are gaining access to alcohol and drinking much earlier in life than they should be. Another significant problem is that not only do minors drink irresponsibly‚ but many adults as well. One of the biggest problems related to irresponsible drinking is driving while intoxicated (DWI). Fatality rates related to DWI’s are astronomical. According to the data compiled
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Drunk drivers cause more deaths‚ injuries‚ and destruction than all murderers‚ muggers‚ rapists‚ and robbers combined. Every six hours‚ someone is killed by an impaired driver. Every twenty minutes‚ someone somewhere in Canada becomes a victim to an impaired driver. Every year‚ more than 45% of all traffic fatalities involve alcohol. More than 1.700 Canadians die each year as the consequence of intoxicated drivers. Tens of millions of dollars are spent annually in court costs‚ rehabilitation‚ lost
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unplanned sexual activity all have in common? They are all frequent results of binge drinking by college students. On a typical Friday or Saturday night you can find the average college student out drinking and having fun. Normally partying with friends at a party‚ bar‚ or club; most of these college students are underage consuming excessive amounts of alcohol‚ or as its better known‚ “binge drinking.”The term binge drinking is defined as the consumption of five or more drinks in a row by men and four or
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Drinking and Driving Drinking and driving is an illegal act that is wrong on multiple levels. It violates a moral and ethical code. In a society that has the morals of a brothel where it is better to joke with your buddies about getting wasted on the weekends or how much more drinking you did compared to your buddy. We forget that simply talking in this manner sends out a message that we condone the act of drinking without moderation. When you condone the act of drinking without moderation then
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Everyone is drinking and having a good time. Your are going to leave and go home‚ but you friends won’t let you because they know the dangers of driving after having a few drinks. Instead they ca ll a cab to give you a ride home. You would be extremely lucky to have such smart friends. Drunk driving is a very serious problem in our society today‚ but it is becomming socially unacceptable causing the numbers of alcohol related traffic fatalites t o decline considerably. Drunk driving can be very
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Drinking and Driving Drinking and driving is one of the most common causes of accidents and deaths on the road today. Due to drinking driving acts and incidents many people’s lives have been dramatically altered after either they or their family members have been involved in a drinking and driving accident. Although many countries local authorities are constantly trying to reduce the number of fatal car accidents due to drinking and driving. Driving while intoxicated is the main reason for
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Underage drinking and driving remains an ongoing issue‚ statistically proven as the leading cause of teen death. Teen drinking and driving is still a problem today. Several teenagers would prefer to take the risk of driving home rather than to just ask a friend for a ride. Underage drinking and driving is proven to be a major cause of economic expenses. Besides underage drinking and driving being the cause of economic expenses‚ it also is the cause of multiple other consequences. Consequences that
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