danger of drinking when we are 21. We are allowed to do this new and exciting thing‚ drink. Then when we are done‚ we do something that doesn’t cross our minds as dangerous. We get in our cars. We’ve been doing it for 5 years now‚ we don’t even have to think about it. 10‚265 people died due to drinking and driving in 2015 alone. And 1.1 million people were arrested for driving while intoxicated. What I believe should be done to fix this problem is to change the legal ages for drinking and driving
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________________________________________ Absorption Alcohol is absorbed from all parts of the gastrointestinal tract largely by simple diffusion into the blood. However the small intestine is by far the most efficient region of the gastrointestinal tract for alcohol absorption because of its very large surface area. In a fasting individual‚ it is generally agreed that 10% to 20% of a dose of alcohol is absorbed from the stomach (the volume of alcohol affects the absorption) and 75% to 80% is absorbed
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influence his or her decision making. The consumption of alcohol is a personal decision which is not related to age or advertising. Robert A. Levy’s passage‚ “Alcohol Ads Do Not Promote Underage Drinking”‚ argues that advertisements are not to be blamed for a person’s decision to drink. While Robert A. Levy’s passage aims to defend alcohol advertisers‚ his passage contains some solid points about the personal choices surrounding underage drinking. First‚ Robert A. Levy underlines all the responsibilities
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drunk driving crash (10‚288 people in total in 2012). (Madd.org “About drunk Driving”). 2. 900‚000 people are arrested each years and 1/3 of those are repeat offenders. (drinkinganddriving.org “Drunk Driving Statistics”). 3. The annual cost of alcohol- related crashes totals more than $51 billion. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ “ Impaired Driving: Get the Facts”). 4. An average drunk driver will drive drunk 87 times before being pulled over. (Word Press‚ “Statistics”). B. Satisfaction:
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Puropose: TO persuade the auditence to quit smoking Thesis: Im going to explain why you should quit smoking I. Attention a. According to CDC.GOV smoking is responsible for 430‚000 deaths each year. b. Why do we smoke? i. People used to think tobacco was a medicine that was good for them according to pupiline..nett ii. People thought smoking was mood altering‚ or helps reduce stress iii. People think its coo‚ iv
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When the word alcohol is brought up‚ what do you think about? What comes to my mind is parties‚ and what people think they have to drink to have fun. Did you know that over 5‚000 people under the age of 21 die each year from alcohol-related car crashes‚ suicides‚ homicides‚ alcohol poisoning‚ and other injuries such as falls‚ burns‚ and drowning? Alcohol can be a very dangerous substance if not treated correctly and drank responsibly. Alcohol is a form of a drug but unlike the other drug‚ marijuana
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Qualitative Article Title: Public Drinking and Violence: Not just an Alcohol Problem Authors: Ross Homel‚ Steve Tomsen‚ Jennifer Thommeny The research article was published in Journal of Drug issue 22 in 1992. The research was conducted using a qualitative approach that uses words as the output and input of the research rather than focusing on numbers (Adlers and Clark‚ 2008). The writer also agrees with the notion that qualitative data have the ability to produce theories that accurately
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age is 19‚ a majority of young people under this age consume alcohol‚ and too many of them do so in an irresponsible manner. This is largely because drinking is seen by these youth as an enticing forbidden fruit‚ a trophy of rebellion against authority‚ and a symbol of adulthood. We can relate the illegal ways of the youth today‚ to the measures taken during the prohibition in Canada from 1918 to 1920. These efforts to prevent drinking were unenforceable and created serious social problems such as
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Drinking Imagine having a few quite drink’s with your friends‚ But one of your friends drink’s to much and starts to cause trouble‚ swearing all over the place‚ yelling at the neighbours or even picking a fight with you. What would you do?‚ leave them be to cause more trouble? or take them home?. Alcohol is one of New Zealand’s most used drug that causes the problems. New Zealanders enjoy alcohol in moderation but alcohol brings negative health and social consequences associated with it. Some
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ALCOHOL Drinking alcohol is like taking a drug. It is a form of drug abuse‚ and drug addiction. This is a worldwide problem that many people are involved in. There are good effects of alcohol if it is in small amounts and in self-control. On the other hand there are bad effects‚ if you take for long time. The effects that a person will get are all based on certain factors like‚ how much and how often alcohol is consumed‚ the age of the person‚ when the person started and how long they have been
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