Drug and Alcohol Use by Student Athletes Student athletes' use of substance abuse is major issue in the world of sports. Does the old theory stating that student athletes tend to stay away from drugs and alcohol hold true today? From my personal experience as a former high school athlete, I...

When people think of dysfunctional families they tend to think of fatherless homes, impoverished households, and child abuse. Very rarely does this train of thought lead to one of the most predominant sources of many of these symptoms: alcoholism. I suffered through those symptoms (as well as others...

Drug and Alcohol Use by Student Athletes Student athletes' use of substance abuse is major issue in the world of sports. Does the old theory stating that student athletes tend to stay away from drugs and alcohol hold true today? From my personal experience as a former high school athlete, I...

While driving down the road seventy miles an hour, a bug smashes into your windshield. You think, "I'll bet he'll never have the guts to do that again." The statement is true. However, it applies to more than just a dead bug. Since the invention of the automobile in 1903,...

Time Magazine reports that 240,00 to 360,000 of the current college student body will eventually die of alcohol-related causes because of the binge drinking habits that they picked up in their college years. That amount of students would be like the entire student body of one of the top ten ivy lea...

Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered? During the last thirty years, the American government has done there best to keep teenagers under strict drinking laws. This is due to the fact that teenagers have an irresponsible reputation when it comes to substance abuse. The drinking age was raised from...

We live in a society that drinks heavily, and this influences teens. Most Americans use alcohol to celebrate wedding anniversaries, to welcome the New Year, and to enjoy many other special events. Alcohol is a legal drug for people over the age of twenty-one. By the time most teens reach s...

Alcoholism is a growing problem in our society today with all the added stress of our complicated and hectic lifestyles. These types of lifestyle may cause a person to depend on alcohol for an easy way out of their problems. Alcoholism is a disease cause by genetics, cultural factors, and psychoso...

Binge Drinking Most people have done it once in their life; we could say the person drank too much or while partying had a few too many, but across America the most serious drug problem for college students is binge drinking. Despite excuses, college students are abusing alcohol in the form of bi...

Alcohol is the intoxicating part of beer, wine and liquors-the part that causes drunkenness. It is formed during fermentation, the process that creates the alcohlolicbeverage. When sugars from the fruits or grains are combined with yeast and water, alcohol results. Alcohol is a drug and, like a...

Drinking and Driving: Lobby Groups Drinking and Driving has become a huge problem in Canada and the US in the past 20 years. Last year in the US there were 42, 623 traffic deaths and 17, 013 were alcohol related that's an average of one death every 30 minutes. That's 40% of all traffic...

What is Binge Drinking? To most people, binge drinking brings to mind a self-destructive and unrestrained drinking bout lasting for at least a couple of days in which he or she is heavily intoxicated and "drops out" by not working, ignoring responsibilities, not spending money wisely, and engaging i...

There are approximately 2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives living in the U.S. They fall into about 300 different tribal or language groups. Alcohol abuse has caused compounded problems for these people. The problems also have led to an unfortunate stereotype of these people. This stere...