Alcohol is the most widely used and abused drug today. Over 100 billion dollars is spent on alcohol per year in America. 103 million people in the U.S are current drinkers and 11 million are heavy drinkers. It is especially widely used amongst high school and college aged students. Obviously we all know the legal drinking age is 21 years old, but it is amazing how often that law is broken. There are many reasons that people enjoy alcohol and ignore the dangerous side effects. Alcohol can make all the stress in the world go away, according to some people. After a long day of work, bills, or school alcohol is supposed to make it all better. It makes you forget about all the stuff that stressed you out before that you thought you just couldn’t handle. It also makes you forget that the drink doesn’t make your problem’s go away. Sure, it makes you forget about them for a few hours, but th

How come people don’t realize that alcohol causes more problems then it does fix them? Alcohol affects your brain in a big way. It leads to a loss of coordination, poor judgment, slowed reflexes, distorted vision, memory lapses, and even blackouts. Alcohol also affects your body in a huge way. It can damage every organ in your body. It is absorbed directly into your bloodstream and can increase your risk for a variety of life threatening diseases, including cancer. Drinking alcohol can lead to risky behaviors and can get you into trouble. Five out of ten times you drink you will regret something that happened, if you even remember. There is also many ways alcohol can kill you. For one, getting into a car is extremely dangerous because your ability to think straight has been impaired. Drinking and driving is close to the leading cause of death in the U.S. You take an extremely high risk of ending your life in a very painful way every time you do it. Then, there is the chance you might experience a blackout. You are capable of doing anything and everything dangerous when you are in this situation. You could be running out in front of traffic or playing with dangerous objects and not even know it. Some people may have the mentality “oh, well, it is what I want to do and it only affects me, so I am going to do it.” Wrong, drinking alcohol affects everyone around you. You may be the one to kill 4 or 5 people that you swore t

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