Helping Young People Understand The Dangers Of Alcohol

Who among us knows someone who drinks? Probably about 100%. How many of us know someone who has drank underage? Again, if you’ve gone to high school chances are you know someone who decided to start drinking underage.

NPR has published a study defining exactly the reason why: “Eighty percent of college students say they drink, despite laws making it illegal for anyone under 21 to drink alcohol. Critics of that drinking age say that lowering it would reduce binge drinking and alcohol-related deaths. But that might be wishful thinking, a study says. Researchers from Boston University reviewed scientific literature published since 2006 and concluded keeping the legal drinking age at 21 reduces rates of drunk driving and crashes, and reduces rates of underage drinking.”

Alcohol is no laughing matter. If you drink and drive, not only are you extremely irresponsible but you’re putting the lives of others in danger, not to mention the legal implications that come a long with those infringements.

Keeping People Safe

Teenagers view themselves as adults. They want to do what they want, when they want and don’t want anyone to tell them otherwise. But no matter how bright they may be or how grown up they think they are, teenagers and even young adults’ bodies are still in development. There have been multiple studies done about how teenagers who drink and use drugs in high school are more prone to addiction later in life, making this an issue that needs to be taken extremely seriously.

We obviously can’t (at least in the foreseeable future) implement another prohibition. Alcohol is something that is here to stay. This makes education about the dangers of alcohol essential. It’s important for everyone to realize the consequences of drinking. In the year 2010, statistics show that nearly 16,000 people died from liver poisoning, 20-30% of cases of liver cancer, cirrhosis of the liver, homicide, epilepsy, and motor vehicle accidents were alcohol related, and brain cell production increases when alcohol intake is stopped. All of these statistics make it clear that experimenting with alcohol is an incredibly dangerous and irresponsible decision.

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