Alcohol: Harmless Substance or Killer?
Meet John, he has been out late drinking with his buddies, it’s about 2 in the morning and the party is coming to an end. Now it’s time for everyone to get home safely. John, who has decided not to drink tonight, rode with a friend who is obviously in no condition to drive. John being the smart person he is tells his friend that he is in no condition to drive and he will be driving him home. The other 6 friends are also intoxicated and well past the legal limit. John lets them drive home because it does not involve his life and it’s just a few miles away, they will get home ok, won’t they? That night at about five in the morning John gets a call from his friend’s mother, who has yet to see her son that night. John is panicking; he knows what happened to his friends but does not want to say anything to the mother afraid she will panic. John is in a bind, what should he do? This is a situation that involves alcohol and its effects on people all the time. This is why alcohol should be completely prohibited.
Alcohol has destroyed families and ruined many more. In 1997, 16,189 car accidents were alcohol related and involved at least one fatality. Of only 42,000 car crashes tot

s total alcohol is responsible for over 38% of the total losses (Kowalski 8). The average kid begins drinking at age 12, by far too young for all of the states’ 21 year old drinking requirement (Alcoholism). 47% of 12 year olds that do drink alcohol are clinically categorized as alcoholics, or dependant on alcohol (Shah 1A). Over 60 million people worldwide have the disease known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, another alcohol related problem (Mclean 33). These are just a few ways of showing you how alcohol ruins lives.

To conclude, alcohol should be completely forbidden. Many people are being affected by alcohol that don’t even drink or haven’t even been born. These people do not have a choice, and if alcohol is prohibited they will never develop these diseases. People while under the influence make terrible decisions that could ruin their entire lives. The only way that alcohol can be ridden of is if people call their senators and tell them what they think about the issue. Even if people do not agree with this prospective there are many other laws that can be changed, just not as extreme as completely banning alcohol. There is only one way to fix this, which is to go out and make a difference, only U.S citizens can.

Nevertheless, cases of alcoholic abusive parents will decline. Everyday an alcohol dependant family member abuses a wife, husband, or child. Of the 89 percent of adults over the age of 21 that drink, an outstanding 17 percent are abusive to their children or spouse (Eidson 35). Kids that are abused by their parents are more likely to have a terrible adulthood from the emotional scars as a child. Every child that is abused by their parent is 40 percent more likely to abuse their own children (Eidson 37). Having alcohol available to these adults at a low cost and unlimited use hurts children and can hurt their children’s children. Those are the base reasons why alcohol can ruin many people's childhoods and for some, ruin their adulthood.

On the other hand, people will stop making impaired decisions. Alcohol impairs many people’s thought processes as well as actions. When under the influence of alcohol the general population makes terrible decisions including having unprotected sex, blackouts, and hangovers. Over 82% of college students have had a hangover the next morning after a night of drinking. 32% of men and