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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Alcohol and Its Influence on Teenagers

The main set of people who get highly effected by the use of legal and illegal drugs are the teenagers. Teenage is more in to getting influenced and getting attracted. The things which they get attracted, might be good or bad, it doesn’t matter. The only thing is that, they not only get influenced by them quickly but also got affected by them badly. The things they get mainly attracted in their teenage are alcohol and drugs. According to YRBS results on alcohol consumption in US, the prevalence of binge drinking among high school students was 60.9%, among which 64.1% are boys and 57.5% among girls.

Alcohol is the main factor for causing three leading causes of death in teens. They are the suicides, homicides and accidents caused due to drunken driving. Alcohol intake may also become the cause for sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy. Any thing beyond the limits may cause death is obvious in case of alcohol. The death to alcohol addicted teens might be of any form, it might be either intentional or unintentional, either knowingly or with out any knowledge.

Effects of excessive alcohol intake badly effects the young minds and hearts. Immature organs may get poisoned by alcohol. The liver gets damaged , breathing and heart rate becomes shallow and slow. Even though it is illegal to take alcohol for the people below the age group of 21, teenagers are breaking the laws by violating them and there by spoiling their own healths.

Parents should be very conscious about the habits and behaviors of their children. They have to keep an eye on every activity of the child and try to make them aware of the adverse effects of alcohol on their health. They have to tell them that even alcohol is not less dangerous than drugs. They have to teach them the values of life and tell them how they get affected if they don’t follow those ethical values.

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