Alcohol is usually the first substance used by adolescents. Annual surveys conducted nationwide showed that in recent years, greater number of youths have reported having tried alcohol (Scheier & Botvin, 1998). Although many high school students are drinking alcohol, they aren’t thinking about the consequences. We know that adolescents are drinking, but we don’t see many alcohol related disorders among those who do. Early drinking appears to raise risks for problems as young adults, and therefore, the onset

By the time I graduate and get a job teaching somewhere, who knows how bad drinking among adolescents will become. Somebody has to teach these students when they are young about the harmful things alcohol can do to you. I also believe that the families and parents of these children need to let them know as well. Even though peer pressure is very hard to resist, if students are aware of what alcohol can do to you, there shouldn’t even be peer pressure.

of alcohol disorders starts in adolescents (Bonomo et al., 2001).

Alcohol leads to many harmful side affects. Many of them include impairment with family, peers or even teachers. Alcohol can affect school performance, athletic performance, and can lead to the high-risk behaviors I mentioned before. Use of alcohol and other drugs is associated with the leading causes of death and injury among adolescents and y

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