Alcohol And Teenagers

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Over time, it has become a regular thing for citizens of Australian to drink excessive amounts alcohol; Australians of many different ages drink alcohol for a wide range of reasons; whether alcohol is being consumed due to a special occasion, for stress relief, or as an (not so good) anti-depressant. Alcohol, believe it or not makes a huge impact on Australians as young as 14. Statistics show that at least 90% of teenagers 14 years old and up have tried alcohol at least once, and estimates also show that around about 50% of teens 14 and older consume alcohol on a weekly basis. The problem being caused by this deadly drug is that teens under the age of 18 are not complying with the law and are consuming crazy amounts of alcohol on a regular

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In Australia 40% of australians from the age of 14 to 19 drink enough alcohol that they can cause a short term accident and or injury. That is a lot of people drinking under age.

According the Australian Government (druginfo.com), one in eight teen related deaths has alcohol as an attributing factor. And in 52% of these cases the teens have been aged from 14 – 17. An even more shocking statistic is the number of indigenous teens who are involved in these accidents and deaths.

Drinking underage has only recently increased in the last two decades as the media and alcohol manufactures and companies have portrayed it as “fashionable”. These negative impacts from the consumption of alcohol also have many health impacts on the young drinkers. These young drinkers have been influenced to drink from the older generations. Australia’s younger generations should be waking up sober. As well as not being influenced by society to binge drink. Because its becoming a large hangover for there

A major factor contributing to alcohol-related car accidents is binge drinking. Teenage drinking is not legal, therefore teens usually cannot drink whenever they want. When teens do drink, they often times drink to get drunk on the

For many Australians, alcohol consumption is a pleasurable part of everyday life (Parliament of Victoria 2004). However in recent years there have been several reports highlighting that the proportion of adolescents consuming alcohol and the amount of alcohol they are drinking is at record levels (AIHW 2008; White and Hayman 2006; Shanahan and Hewitt 1999). The long and short term sequelae associated with risky or high risk alcohol consumption include negative physical, emotional and social consequences (NHMRC 2001). Immediate harms include accidents, injuries, decreased scholastic and sporting performance, aggression, violence, assault, disrupted family relationships, high risk sexual activity,

Annually, about 4,300 people under age 21 die from injuries involving underage drinking. Where I stand on this argument is that adolescent drinking is on the rise and is fast becoming one of Australia’s biggest problems. This problem is easy to see and it’s hard not to notice with the amount of TV coverage and social media trends. The amount of surveys showing that drinking more and drinking younger is what teenagers are doing.

Firstly, binge alcohol drinking is ongoing and pervasive issue among Australian adolescents ( Dengenhardt et al, 2013, P.1). Generally, adolescents tend to drink less frequently than adults drinkers but they have a tendency for excessive and binge drinks (Wechsler and Nelson, 2010, p.985).

The percentage of deaths caused by the consumption of alcohol in underage Australian teens is continuing to rise. A report that was conducted by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare showed that 13% of all deaths in Australia due to alcohol related causes. Underage drinking is becoming a serious issue in Australia, with 60 teens being rushed to the hospital, and one Australian teenager dying due to alcohol related causes each week.

Whether it’s potty training, learning to ride a bike, learning to tie shoes, learning to drive a car, getting a first job, etc, how many times in people’s lives do they say “I’m a big kid now, I can do it all by myself” ? How many times are the previous said whenever the maturity level does not correspond to it? Foundations have to be laid before a person can go out alone. A baby cannot be potty trained before they even know how to walk. A child cannot ride a bike without first learning with training wheels and practice. A person cannot tie their shoes without the concept of making a knot. Though teenagers may say that they are “a big kid now” and should be allowed to drink they do not understand the concepts of what drinking does to

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We all hear on the news often that teenagers are being killed in traffic accidents while under the influence and most of us can agree that teenage drinking is a huge epidemic yet, teenagers continue to drink without fear of punishment. This issue hits home for most people whether it’s a friend, a classmate or a neighbor in the town you reside in. “Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 16 to 20 year old’s in the United States; nearly one-third of these crashes are alcohol-related” (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2008) What can we do as a society to minimize the frequency of this foolish and deadly behavior? If we had stricter punishments for teens consuming alcohol, we can reduce the fatalities as teens would

Nearly 25 percent of teens drink alcohol because they think it is fun; however the problems it may bring are not so fun (Hyde 22). There over six times more teen deaths per year from alcohol than any other drug (O’Malley 30). Alcohol affects the body of teens as well as all of the developmental processes. A major issue of teens drinking is that it increases the chance of becoming an alcoholic in the future; which leads to lowered self-control, impaired judgment, and lowered inhibition (Heath 12). Alcohol can completely change the life of a teen from the time they start drinking till death. Alcohol affects so many aspects of a person’s life and once it does, it is so hard to get life back to normal. Alcohol effects teens by harming them