...Should advertising for alcohol be allowed on TV? Alcohol commercials persuade kids to drink. On a website one person quotes, “Younger people are especially sensitive to perceptions of society and peers.” On a website it says that if the alcohol commercials look entertaining, kids are going to want alcohol. It says on the website that kids love the Cool-Aid commercials and want to drink Cool-Aid after they see the talking jug. The point is what if kid see an entertaining alcohol commercial and their parents have the same drink? The kids are going to want what they have. Another post on the website says that there is nothing healthy about alcohol. It goes on to say that alcohol causes harm to consumers and family of the consumers. First, if...
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...desire to consume alcohol beyond their capacity to control it, regardless of all rules of common sense. According to Alcoholics Anonymous UK, who say they have no unique definition for alcoholism, it may be described as a physical compulsion, together with a mental obsession. Apart from having an enormous craving for alcohol, an alcoholic often yields to that craving at the worst possible times. The alcoholic knows neither when nor how to stop drinking. Definition - an alcoholic is a person, while alcoholism is the illness. An alcoholic suffers from alcoholism. Alcoholism is a long-term (chronic) disease. Alcoholics are obsessed with alcohol and cannot control how much they consume, even if it is causing serious problems at home, work, and financially. Alcohol abuse generally refers to people who do not display the characteristics of alcoholism, but still have a problem with it - they are not as dependent on alcohol as an alcoholic is; they have not yet completely lost their control over its consumption. Moderate alcohol consumption will not generally cause any psychological or physical harm. However, for some individuals, social drinking eventually leads to heavier and heavier alcohol consumption, which does cause serious health and psychological problems. Alcoholism in the UK - one in every 13 people in the United Kingdom is an alcoholic, according to the NHS (National Health Service) statistics. Even among people who are not dependent on alcohol, a sizeable proportion...
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...drinking of alcohol has caused me conflict in the churches that I attend. They believe that drinking alcohol is a sin. In my 10 years of studying all the books of the Bible, I have never found any evidence that it is a sin unless it is done in excess. The Bible does not forbid a Christian from drinking beer, wine, or any other drink containing alcohol. Many Americans may not know this, but alcohol is a non-issue for Christians in many other parts of the world. (Challies) We should consider, consumption of small quantities of alcohol is a matter of Christian freedom. God says during His annual Feast of Tabernacles, which He commands His people to keep: “And you shall bestow that money for whatsoever your soul lusts after [desires], for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever your soul desires: and you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice, you, and your household.” (Deut. 14:26). Alcohol, consumed in small quantities, is not harmful. In fact, some doctors support drinking small amounts of red wine for the heart. It has been proven that small amounts of alcohol helps different stomach problems. The Holy Bible says, “Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.” (1 Timothy 5:23) This shows us that there is a proper use of alcohol. Even the American heart Association has made comments that a couple drinks a day has lowered mortality rates. The consumption of alcohol definitely...
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...Alcohol pricing: Mulled whines | The Economist http://www.economist.com/node/21591878/print Alcohol pricing Mulled whines People are drinking less but doing so more harmfully. Policymakers want higher prices—causing a headache for the booze industry Dec 21st 2013 | From the print edition BY DAY tourists flock to Plaza de España in central Madrid to snap photos beside the sculpture of Miguel de Cervantes, author of “Don Quixote”. By night a newer facet of Spanish culture is on display: loitering groups of young people downing plastic bottles of whisky and vodka mixed with Fanta Lemon. The ground is littered with empties. Nearby, three young men help a friend vomiting on the pavement. Such carousing was once rare in Spain. A Mediterranean drinking culture prevailed in which alcohol was taken only with food. That is changing. In Spain and many other rich countries, alcohol intake is becoming a bigger problem—for some groups. Overall, the global consumption of alcohol has been stable since 1990, according to the World Health Organisation. Around half of the planet’s population is teetotal. But those who drink alcohol do so more hazardously. Policymakers are looking for ways to address this. A new and much-watched experiment in Scotland, for example, involves setting a minimum price for each unit of alcohol. Individual consumption peaked in Spain in 1975 but young people are increasingly indulging in the botellón, (literally “big bottle”): drinking outdoors to get drunk. In France...
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...this extreme. Preparing for this assignment wasn’t that difficult being that all I had to do was look at the news, social media, or walk down the street. Disturbing behavior of teens is all over the place to the seemingly minor rudeness of a teen on the corner, or to the extreme of murder as with the Christopher Lane case. The purpose of this paper is to identify a disturbing behavior not mentioned in our textbook by Professor Dr. Lee Vukich and Professor Dr. Steve Vandegriff, “Disturbing Behavior: 53 Alarming Trends of Teens and how to Spot Them.” The Disturbing behavior that I identified for the purpose of this paper is “Smoking Alcohol.” II. Disturbing behavior: smoking ALCOHOL Growing up in the 80s and 90s there was a clear distinction between smoking drugs, such as “Trees” or “Green” as we used to call weed, and drinking alcohol. They smoked one, and drank the other; the lines never got crossed....
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...2005” (“Alcohol”). Just look at all the minors being killed due to drinking. With...
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...Legalization of Marijuana vs. Alcohol Omar S. Yarbrough GEN /195 May 23, 2012 Ruth Embelton Cannabis, Weed, Pot, and Mary Jane are just a few names associated with marijuana. Some might say that marijuana is a natural earth plant, so it must be healthy. Unfortunately there are several negative impacts about marijuana such as when inhaling marijuana, it affects ones brain dramatically with every use, lowered learning capabilities, shorter attention span, and weakening verbal and communication skills. (Above the Influence/Marijuana, p. 2006) There are also severe side effects as well such as failure of the lungs which could lead to death. There are 16 states that allow marijuana or medical marijuana to be home grown with several stipulations an example is the allowable limit for a resident to have in their possession at one given time. There are 12 states that have impending legislation to legalize medical marijuana. “The House Bill 0025 states that marijuana, use for medical purposes authorized certified by physician, regulated as controlled substances, Michael Phillips Compass, Uncle Care Act” So to many the true question is if legalized will marijuana be used for its intended purpose or be abused as so many do with alcohol. Tipple, Hooch, Booze, Toddy, Moonshine are just a few names associated with alcohol. Alcohol can be one of the most abused substances in the world. Alcohol is a substance that goes straight to the blood stream. Some alcoholic beverages can...
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...Alcohol Alcohol is a dangerous substance that many people find themselves associated with everyday. While some people will not have a problem with drinking alcohol and only do so on occasion, many more people struggle with alcohol abuse and addiction everyday. There are many different definitions of alcohol abuse. It depends on what group you ask because each group will say something different. For example, to many students in high school and college, “heaving drinking that leads to vomiting [or blacking out] is not alcohol abuse but simply having a good time and being one of the gang”(1). However, according to religious people, drinking alcohol is not just alcohol abuse, but also a sin. To several other people who are older and have more experience in life may view an alcohol abuser as a person who starts drinking but cannot seem to stop even after they may have vomited. According to a dictionary, the simple definition of “alcohol addiction” is “… the compulsive need for an intoxicating liquid…” (2). Alcohol addiction does not only affect one area but also instead affect multiple areas of an alcoholic’s life. Gabriel Adams points out that alcoholism can affect a person physically, economically, socially and possibly even have legal consequences. Adam says “alcohol can affect body parts such as the liver and cause heart disease which eventually can lead to death”. Also, for economics, an alcoholic can loose his or her job and struggle with financial issues...
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...should lowered the drinking age to 18. In some parts of the U.S, they are allow to drink, with exception of the Muslims religion. Underage drinking can result an increase on teen pregnancy or a disease. Drinking age can result a brain disorder or even dead. In some college schools 10 out of 20 students have try alcohol and the does not stop them from doing it repeatedly until they can’t handle no more. The idea of drinking age legal is that the government want to lower the legal drinking age to 18, but we know that students are not full develop to drink or do drugs. Perhaps...
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...giving us a great picture of what a typical night in Basingstoke is, a lot of accidents and violent crime caused by alcohol drinking. A mother, who is sprawled and her son, who is thrown out of a pub because for being drunk and unruly, a victim who is bleeding from the brow because another drunk guy who stabbed him and a woman stepping on another woman’s head. The Basingstoke police call this ‘a quiet night’. Police constable Mark O’Hanlon says that the butchers and bakes are moving to the bigger supermarkets so all the empty shops are now huge pubs and bars with good discounts ‘take two for one’ and that is a problem because it is the police that have to clean up the mess. Tony Blair has labeled binge drinking as ‘the new British disease’ and has recommended at daily number of units, four for women and five for men. But the statistics show us that 14 million working day are lost because of alcohol abuse. 70 pct. of all admissions to the A&E are the result of alcohol. Stephen Green, Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire says that alcohol drives all violent crime except crime associated with guns and that is a major problem! Phillips, executive chief of the charity Alcohol Concern says that drinking used to be a rite, alcohol didn’t taste good and you have to learn it first. Now there is alcopops who has about 4, 6 per cent to a stronger 8, 4 per cent alcohol, so underage people easy can get drunk by buying alcopops in the shops. The shops had denied that they were selling...
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...that you are slowly unable to do more things in life? That's why you should stand with me when I say that the laws should be banded fro some people. One group of people who deserve attention and awareness when I comes to the law is children. Kids under the age of 10 should not be punished for stealing. Many kids steal for different reasons. The article My child is stealing says that “very young children sometimes take things they want without understanding that things cost money. Also that it’s wrong to take something without paying for it. It also says that School-aged kids usually know they’re not supposed to take things without paying for it. But sometimes they lack in self-control.Preteens and teens know they’re not supposed to steal yet they do it for fun or because their friends do. Many believe they won’t get caught for it, but others believe it’s for rebellion.Their behavior might be because of stress, of school work or a way to get out of something. From the article Education.com says that “they might steal to live, like if they steal for food or for clothing.An article from the NEW YORK TIMES says...
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...eighteen year old cannot get a ticket for simply having a beer in their hand. A world where young people can consume alcohol without worries of getting caught. The place I am describing should be the United States, but unfortunately many nations have lower drinking ages than we do. As a result, they have significantly fewer problems with underage drinking. Seems like reverse psychology, and that is because it is. Young people in America view alcohol as the “Forbidden Fruit”, the taboo of what is suppose to be their adult eighteen-year-old lives. If eighteen is considered adult, then why are they not allowed to purchase alcohol? In Europe most countries have lower drinking ages. Alcohol is a completely normal thing for a young person to be around. Think of two adolescent children, one child is told not to touch the cookie jar before eating dinner and the other has absolutely no restrictions on the jar. The child with rules tends to get in trouble for sneaking a cookie because he or she cannot have it. The child with no limitations tends to leave the cookie jar alone because cookies are available to him or her at anytime. Alcohol is the norm for young people in several countries, but our country’s teens are like the first child who was banned from the cookie jar, they drink alcohol mostly because they are not allowed to. Our nation has attempted to control alcohol many times before; we had National Prohibition in the 1920s and state prohibition during the 1850s. These laws did...
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...My D.A.R.E. Report The D.A.R.E. program has taught me how to make healthy and wise decisions. It has taught me how to say No to drugs, smoking, alcohol and to stay safe from violence. D.A.R.E. stands for D-define, A-asses (what are your choices), R-respond, E-evaluate. I now know how to say NO politely, change the subject and leave the situation. For example, if you are at a friend’s house and you decide to go to the skate park to meet another friend but when you get to the skate park there is group of older kids there. They ask you to come down behind the bleachers, pulling out a pack of cigarettes, asking you if you want one. I would say No thanks I am just here to meet my friend and my mom is waiting for us, got to go! I would feel confident in my response to this type of situation. Deaths related to addictions are extremely high. In Canada over 45,000 humans have passed away due to smoking. It has taken so many people’s lives that it is now even illegal to advertise smoking in Canada. It is also illegal to smoke with a child in a vehicle. First, second and third hand smoking is costing people their lives. It is wise to try to stay away from tobacco and cigarettes, the reason why is because you are practically paying some body to kill you! Now if you were smart you would say no using some of the ways listed above. Now take a look at some of the effects of smoking Tobacco: 1.) Smokers have more colds and...
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...275 University of Phoenix Learning Team Debate Paper A topic with considerable debate is the legal age to consume alcoholic beverages. “Most cultures where alcohol consumption is legal have a mandated threshold age at which buying and/or consuming alcohol becomes permitted” (International Center for Alcohol Policies, 2011, para. 5). Currently, the United States has set the legal age to drink at 21. The age was once 18; however, society has changed its views concerning this issue. Because the legal drinking age changed to 21 there was an increase in mortality rate at age 21, increase in motor vehicle accidents, and increase in suicides. Even though 18 is considered an adult and a person should be able to make his or her own decisions, the drinking age should not be lowered because teens lack the maturity to handle alcohol and teens are at a higher risk of alcohol-related deaths. This debate has two sides as some people are for lowering the age to 18 again and some against. Many will argue that the average drinking age around the world is 18. According to International Center for Alcohol Policies (2011), “Minimum drinking and purchase ages in countries around the world range from 16 to 25 years of age, with 18 being the most common age limit” (para. 6). Others say that if a person age 18 is old enough to serve and die for his or her country, he or she should be permitted to consume alcoholic beverages. Should the drinking age be lowered to 18? This...
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...event planning, theme parks, transportation, cruise line, and additional fields within the tourism industry. In all these entertainment areas goes well with a drink both non-alcohol and alcohol. The hospitality industry has a variety of legislation which applies ranging from protection for employers, employees and customers to hygiene, safety and the environment. Legislation can either be State legislation (applicable only in the relevant state) or Commonwealth legislation (applicable globally to common wealth countries). Alcoholic Drinks Control Act 2010 The Act stipulates the interaction between alcoholic drinks and their producers, distributors, marketers, retailers, consumers and their significant others. The overriding theme throughout the Act is the desire to minimize the harm occasioned to individual Kenyans in the course of their interaction with alcohol. The Act has provided opportunity to discard the negative view associated with the alcohol industry – as responsible for the harmful effects of alcohol consumption ranging from failing health to diminished productivity, social disharmony, HIV and STI infections, traffic accidents, and death. For instance, between April and August 2010, more than 45 people lost their lives while many others were blinded following consumption of adulterated alcohol in various parts of the country. Provisions in the Alcoholic Drinks Control Act 2010 cover production manufacture,...
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