Alcohol can have many negative impacts on the body‚ which can sometimes be permanent or fatal. It seems that many underage and of age drinkers are not aware of the effects. While drinking‚ people get so caught up in the way it makes them feel that they can sometimes forget what the substance is actually doing to their body. Alcohol is defined as a depressant‚ because it slows the central nervous system down. When the central nervous system is slowed down it can cause a decrease in reaction time
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Soft Drink Tax I am a very concerned parent because I don’t want my child drinking soft drinks and being unhealthy. My opinion is that they should introduce a soft drink tax to help people. I think if they do introduce a soft drink tax people wont be drinking soft drinks that regularly and will stop buying them. What responsible parent would put 16 teaspoons of sugar on their child’s cereal? This is what we are letting them consume when we give a child a 600ml soft drink‚ which contains 16 teaspoons
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Bad Effects of Alcohol Alcohol is harmless when not drinking in mass quantities‚ even it helps body in some cases‚ for example wine protects people from heart attacks.However‚ if you get used to drink alcohol‚ you can easily abuse.Alcoholism happens when someone engages in frequent alcohol abuse.As time goes on‚ alcohol starts to alter chemical makeup of brain‚ resulting in user to depend on alcohol so as to feel good.In the end‚ their body starts to crave alcohol in order to function
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Sugary Drinks By:Alexzandria Gipson Sugar ..Drinks...Tax…Should there be tax on sugary drink?There should be tax on sugary drink because it could help with health problems and it can also help save money. One reason why there should be tax on sugary drinks is because it could encourage people to be healthy.One example why there should be tax onsugary drinks is because they could help with diabetes. They would be discouraged because there would be tax. Another reason why there should be tax on
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Adolescent Alcohol Abuse: What Factors are Present? Over the years‚ many researchers have dedicated their time and energy to study adolescent alcohol abuse. They have found that there are many factors that contribute to adolescent alcohol abuse. These factors are psychological‚ environmental‚ social‚ and cultural. Not all of these factors play a part in every adolescent who abuses alcohol‚ but one of these factors is usually present. Psychological disorders have been found in both American
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Drink Up? Or Toke Up? That is the Question They were both icons of unforgettable eras: one‚ the glamorous nineteen twenties; the other‚ the revolutionary seventies. In the twenties‚ alcohol was sipped cautiously behind the walls of speakeasies; glasses clinking under the flashing lights of entertainment signs. The hippies of the sixties and seventies passed pipes of burning marijuana‚ promoting peace while protesting for the rights of millions of Americans. No doubt‚ both drugs have had a major
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What is FAS/FASD? Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a set of physical and mental birth defects that can result when a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy. When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol‚ such as beer‚ wine‚ or mixed drinks‚ so does her baby. Alcohol passes through the placenta right into the developing baby. The baby may suffer lifelong damage as a result. FAS is characterized by brain damage‚ facial deformities‚ and growth deficits. Heart‚ liver‚ and kidney defects also are common‚ as
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College Students and Alcohol College student drunkenness is far from new and neither are college and university efforts to control it. What is new‚ however‚ is the potential to make real progress on this age-old problem based on scientific research results. New research-based information about the consequences of high-risk college drinking and how to reduce it can empower colleges and universities‚ communities‚ and other interested organizations to take effective action. Hazardous drinking among
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again. Addiction and alcohol abuse harms and affects people whether physically or mentally. The consumption of alcohol‚ by anyone‚ always stems from a desire for entertainment‚ a need for stress relief‚ or as a simple night out with friends. However‚ alcohol addiction occurs at a rapid rate and takes a massive toll not only
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2009. Impact of alcohol advertising and media exposure on adolescent alcohol use: a systematic review of longitudinal studies. Alcohol & Alcoholism‚ 44(3)‚ pp.229–43. Beauchamp‚ T. L. and Bowie‚ N.E.‚ 1983. Ethical Theory and Business. 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs: N.J. Caswell‚ S. and Maxwell‚ A.‚ 2005. Regulation of Alcohol Marketing: A global View. Journal of Public Health Policy‚ 26(3)‚ pp.343-358. Chen‚ M-J.‚ Grube‚ J.W‚ Bersamin‚ M.‚ Waiters‚ E. and Keefe‚ D.B.‚ 2005. Alcohol Advertising: What
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