Teenagers Under The Infulence
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Teenagers under the Influence
How many teenagers do you know that drink. I know I know quite a few people that drink. Did you know that the leading cause for teenage death is drinking and driving now? Or what it does to your body, mind, and life. Well I think I am about to startle you with the hard facts about drinking that I am about to share with you!
Teen years are intense, but why do us kids start to drink, and if a teenagers starts to drink how can you tell? Teens usually start to drink because of peer pressure. The best way to resist the peer pressure is to know the facts about alcohol effects. Sometimes teens want to see what its like, or try to forget their loneliness and insecurity. Teenagers also use alcohol to run from problems at home or at school. Teenagers who drink are more likely to how poor judgment and loose control over their anger. Alcohol can also cause loss of self control resulting in hurt feelings, unplanned sex, unwanted pregnancy, and even date rape. Teenagers mostly show signs of alcohol abuse at school. Teenagers who abuse alcohol will begin to show low performance in class. Teenagers who drink also have a high risk of dropping out.
Alcohol also does many things to the mind and body. For teenagers alcohol has a massive effect on the mental and psychological state of mind. Since teenagers minds are still developing when they abuse alcohol it could cause tem to blackout o hallucinations. Alcohol also causes depression, stress, and low self-esteem. A teenager who abuses alcohol later in life could have memory problems or even loss of mental abilities. Also when teenagers abuse alcohol have high risk of physical problems. When teenagers drink large amounts of alcohol in a short amount of time they could stop breathing and cause death which is called alcohol poisoning. It can also enter the blood stream quickly, then after it reaches the brain, which could cause
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