Title: Teen Drug Abuse

According the Article titled Health Effects of Teen Alcohol Use dated Tuesday February 4, 2014, there were several studies on the effect of drugs. Some of the findings are that long term effects of drug use can result in liver damage, pancreatitis cancers and shrinking of the brain.
During Adolescent years your body goes through hormonal changes and brain development. A young person tries to find their identity or to fit in social groups among peers. Due to the high usage of alcohol it interferes with the brain and also interferes with their ability to think and make correct and safe choices. Alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream rapidly and which females are easier to get drunk because their bodies contain less water than males. Consuming too much alcohol can result in slurred speech, weaker muscles, one becomes clumsy, staggering occurs while walking, double vision occurs, loss of balance, nausea, vomiting and may feel like a room is spinning with them.
Information retrieved from a US government publication, stated that alcohol use can affect learning, academic performance and occupational achievements. In a survey that was conducted among adolescent the finding were young people that depends on alcohol are short term in memory and has difficulty remembering. It is also said that people who began drinking before the age of 15 are less likely to develop alcohol dependency compared to those that starts at age 20. It was not clear as to whether drinking at a earlier or a later stage cause alcoholism, but environment factors may be involved. For those that are among alcoholic family members where alcohol is easy accessible, and little or no parental supervision.
Alcohol drinking is illegal and unsafe for underage drinkers. It creates a lot of problems in society. Some of the problems faced by those that drink are motor vehicle accidents, which is said to be the leading cause of death among youth between the age of 15 to 20, with fatal crash and accidents amongst 21 and older. Suicide is the third leading cause of death between ages 14 to 25 which results from stress and depression. Sexual assault, rape occurs mostly amongst women. Alcohol use is normally done by the offender, the victim or both. High risk sex normally takes place with multiple partners performing unprotected sex, which result in unwanted pregnancy and sexual transmitted disease. These many problems occur from the high quantity of alcohol consumed.