Motor vehicle crashes, alcoholic poisoning, violence, and addiction are just some of the ways children under age 21 are being devastated by the inappropriate and illegal use of alcohol. Alcohol is the number one drug of choice among the nation's youth and it can have serious, often lifelong, co...

Alcohol-Related Car Accident Rate The success of the M.A.D.D. and S.A.D.D. prevention programs has had a decreasing effect on drinking and driving. At the same time, however the car accident alcohol-related death rate of middle age people is still on a rise. Despite significant reductions in the...

All Negative Possibilities, No Good Outcome Proposition: Claim of policy. The minimum age for drinking alcohol should remain at the age of 21 in California. "Hey, you want a drink?" "Oh come on, just one drink, it won't hurt you. It's fun." "It's cool. Everybody does it...

Did you know that approximately one teenager between the ages of 14 and 17 die each week as a result of underage drinking? If that's not alarming, research is saying that teenagers who frequently binge drink, are more likely to use drugs like cocaine and have sex with six or more partners and r...

Underage drinking has been a major issue in the last few years in the United States. Twenty-One is now the legal drinking age in our country. The term legal age is a situation that has been questioned by a lot of people throughout the years, especially teenagers that are at least eighteen but belo...

Substance abuse has been a crutch on humanity and a massive social problem since the beginning of human existence. Noticed and made illegal in the early 20th century, and now one of the most widely abused substances today, alcohol is a major cause for concern in contemporary society. The total cost ...

Alcoholism is a wide-ranging and complex disease that heavily plagues society. Drinking is defined as the consumption of a liquid, and/or the act of drinking alcoholic beverages especially to excess. Every year alcohol is responsible for 1/2 of all murders, accidental deaths, and suicides; 1/3 of a...