Alluring Alcohol The Deadly Mistake More Women Are Making was an article featured in Cosmopolitan magazine’s October 2011 edition. The typical readers of this magazine are college-aged females and older‚ and as school was just starting back‚ the timing of this article was more than a coincidence. Stephanie Booth‚ a popular blogger and MBA graduate presents her article in a stern‚ yet reflective manner. She uses statistics‚ polls and radical stories to keep the attention
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many important purposes. 1. MADD helps serve drunken driving victims in many states. MADD helps eligible crime victims or survivors with certain expenses related to a crime such as funeral expenses‚ lost wages‚ counseling services‚ child care and crime scene cleanup 2. Last year‚ MADD provided victim services that are emotional support and assistance with medical and legal struggles that follow a drunken driving crash‚ to over 63‚000 victims and survivors nationwide‚ that
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PERSUASION‚ INDOCTRINATION‚ AND INOCULATION 2 There are many dangers that plague us in today’s society. One of the most pressing issues is that of driving under the influence of alcohol. This is a problem for many reasons. Firstly‚ driving while intoxicated is illegal. It shows the rising problem of substance abuse‚ and most importantly‚ driving drunk is deadly. According to "Drinkinganddriving.org" (2008-2013)‚ "900‚000 are arrested each year for DUI/DWI and a full 1/3 of those are repeat offenders”
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Why We Shouldn’t Imprison Drunk Drivers on first Offence In the State of Idaho you are charged with some kind of penalty on the first offence when caught driving under the influence. Some are major and some are minor. The law states you will serve time in jail for 2 days to 6 months depending on the circumstance. These laws are not helping. They need to be changed. In 2008 there were 11‚850 arrests for a DUI. But according to MADD “Alcohol use in past month among persons aged 12 to 20: 42‚000”
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There are times when people drive home under the influence of alcohol. Many times‚ people get home without getting pulled over by the local police department‚ sheriff’s department or the state patrol. Drivers who do get pulled over for drunk driving will be arrested and need to hire an attorney. Lawyers represent men and women in the courtroom‚ and negotiate lighter sentences with judge and district attorney’s office‚ there are even times when the case gets dismissed altogether even those
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considered drunk driving. That is why drinking and driving is not right‚ it is wrong! When a person drinks and drive they are putting everyone that crosses their path in danger. An individual who drinks and drives takes the chances of getting a DUI‚ a fine‚ and their license taken away. But most of all‚ when a person drinks and drives them take the chance of going to jail. Many People do not understand the danger that they put others in when they drink‚ and drive. While driving under the
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Drunk Driving In 2012‚ 10‚322 people were killed and approximately 345‚000 were injured. Each crash‚ each death‚ each injury impacts not only the person in the crash‚ but family‚ friends‚ classmates‚ coworkers and more. Even those who have not been directly touched help pay the $132 billion yearly price tag of drunk driving. But together we can eliminate drunk driving. Americans take 233 billion trips in cars each year. Of those‚ about one out of every two thousand trips are taken
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and engage in more harmful activities‚ like drunk driving. Although surveys have documented a decline in recent years‚ consumption rates remain highest from late teen years to the late twenties. Despite the long-term decline since 1982 in alcohol related traffic deaths‚ a 4 percent increase occurred between 1994 and 1995 among young adults of the age 21 and over. As alcohol impaired driving persists‚ The biggest problem with drunk driving by young adults is the high rate of traffic accidents
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S00027026 IENG 030-11 Mr. Morgan Fall 2012 Topic: Drunk Driving Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to stop driving while they are drunk if they do so. Thesis Statement: There are more and more accidents happening as a result of drunk driving‚ and these drunk drivers should be severely punished. I. Introduction: Attention Step A. Attention Material: My friend Susan’s son a nine-year-old boy named Tom and his father were on their way back from a gathering at their friend’s house. As
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Teenage Drunk Driving "People need to be aware that what happened to me can happen to you. I had never thought about impaired driving as an issue in my youth‚ it wasn’t a debate. Now I know. Life really is about choices." This quote was from Tom Boyle who killed Brian Colgan in a drunk driving accident in 1995. Tom Boyle states that life is about choices. This brings up the issue with Massachusetts wanting to place a "scarlet letter" (mark of shame) on the licenses of convicted drunk drivers
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