Brandon Pryor Dobmeir B2 12/15/11 Persuasive Speech: Underage Drinking At the age of 15‚ a boy went to a high school party. He was a freshman and just wanted to seem cool in front of everyone. He decided that drinking was the fastest way to popularity so he took one shot. That one shot turned to one more‚ then two more‚ until eventually he lost count. Two hours later he was rushed to the hospital with alcohol poisoning and had to get his stomach pumped. Snap back to reality‚ this may seen like
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table. Where do we draw the line? How old is old enough to be trusted with a drink that can so drastically warp one’s conscious thought? As of now‚ 21 years old is that line‚ in an effort to discourage young drinkers‚ stop drunk driving and binge drinking. But the attempt to constrict and criminalize alcohol is a primary source of these issues in and of itself. Allowing individuals to drink earlier on in their lives‚ but under safe‚ regulated conditions will teach our youth the dangers of alcohol
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and severely injuring the other. It was believed that underage drinking was one of the leading factors that may have caused this accident. Since
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Drinking and driving I’m Mikelle Rittenhouse; id like everyone to take a moment to mentally prepare yourself for the effects of drinking and driving that you will see during this speech as it may be disturbing for some people. Now I would like to show you a video. I’m showing you all this today because what happened to Lenient Kildes mother is an accident that could have been prevented if people were more educated about the risk of drinking and driving. Many people who have been intoxicated report
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impact on their long term health and well being. Binge drinking is the practice of consuming large quantities of alcohol in a single session‚ usually defined as five or more drinks at one time for a
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to underage drinking. An attempt was made to save her life‚but it was too late. Some people think if you start drinking at a young age you will get out of your system before your an adult. This is a good thing that people are actually thinking about what to do. And that they are see if it will or will not affect them in their future. Underage drinking is really bad for you especially when you get addicted to it you could die if to addicted. How do we stop kids from under age drinking? This can make
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At the age of 16 we get our license. With one simple test we get a card that says were allowed to drive. We get in an over 4‚000-pound object and move it around at 60 miles per hour. This causes around 8 teen deaths per day‚ making car accidents the leading cause of teen death. We get behind a wheel‚ we get distracted‚ we cause an accident‚ and just like that someone loses a child. At 18 we’re allowed to smoke. We put a different combination of 4‚000 chemicals in our bodies for no specific purpose
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Teen drinking it’s been around hmmm... forever? A handful of teens gather around in some kids basement who’s parents don’t truly love them and drink that devil sauce. I was scrolling through the Reddits‚ and came across this article‚ "Alcohol use‚ binge drinking continues to fall among underage‚ reports finds". I honestly didn’t believe it‚ I’ve only remember hearing bad stuff about my generation. Like how we’re more lazier than the past generations‚ higher pregnancy among teens‚ not as capable
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heard the terms boozing‚ drinking to get drunk‚ sloshed‚ tanked‚ tipsy‚ tooted‚ and hammered. But have you ever really thought about what you were saying when you used these terms. You were saying that all that you did the night before was binge drink. Binge drinking on college campuses is something that has grown to an all time high but who’s to blame? All too often we have heard the horror stories of how kids are getting behind the wheel of a car after a night of binge drinking‚ and end up killing everyone
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Too much for Teens? Has it been taken too far? Over the last five years‚ the number of teens drinking has increased to 37%‚ mostly teenagers aged from 13 to 17 years. Allison Wonderland from the CRA (Child Rehabilitation agency) claims that “The children who do drink are usually influenced by an older role model‚ at an early age.” Underage drinking is dangerous‚ and has disastrous consequences that have left many families’s suffering the loss of their loved ones. Jacqueline
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