...didn’t purchase it. This law only prohibited the minors from purchasing it but not from drinking it. The president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, for example, accused the university heads of "not doing their homework" on the relationship between the drinking age and traffic fatalities (Tetelbaum 2009). The university was accused they said the deaths only occur between the ages of 18 – 20 but actually the deaths were occurring 16years or younger due to underage drinking. They believe underage drinking shouldn’t be allowed even if it’s at home. What are we really teaching our kids? This is something I talk about all the time at school with my kids and encourage parents to discuss with their kids. The more we discuss this topic with our generation they more they will understand the importance of underage drinking. Underage drinking costs Americans taxpayers approximately 61.9 billion dollars annually and in 2000, only 71 million was spent on prevention. Whereas 1.8 billion dollars was spent on drug prevention, and countless billions are poured into alcohol advertising and promotion (appeared in Drunk Driving Collision 2011). This statistics shows how much money gets spend annually in drug prevention and the promotion of alcohol especially with models make young boys interested. Some statistics show that between 1975 and 2004, about 24,000 lives have been saved due to...
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...to drive?” after a night out at the club or any other social event involving alcohol. In Lebanon, more than 350,000 accidents have been recorded till this day, and we can only imagine how many of them have been alcohol-related. Drinking and driving is one of the number one causes of death worldwide. It is dangerous and in some countries, illegal to drive intoxicated. There are no positive outcomes to driving while under the influence, however, it is essential to understand why people do so in the first place. Unfortunately, most, if not all accidents end with either death or injury. Moreover, there are many negative aspects and disadvantages to drinking and driving. It can have impact on yourself, your friends, family, physical and mental health, as well as impact your future in the long run. First of all, why do people still proceed with driving after drinking all night, knowing that they are not in any condition to take any responsibility of any type? Believe it or not, many people know they will be drinking and driving even if they do not intend to do so purposely. The reasons for people’s decisions to drink and drive could be related to the effects of alcohol itself. After consuming alcohol, many people get tipsy, or drunk and start to feel different than their typical self. Alcohol affects different people in different ways. This all is related to body type, whether or not you have eaten, and your overall alcohol tolerance. Regardless, many people especially youth, tend...
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... (Current Health 2 29.1) This is not only affecting the United States, it is throughout the country. In German adolescents,” Multi-level logistic regressions revealed that compared with quartile one alcohol ad exposure, the adjusted odds ratios for quartile four were 2.4 (95% confidence interval 1.7–3.4) for trying drinking, 2.7 (1.8–3.9) for current drinking and 2.3 (1.6–3.5) for ever binge drinking”. (Preventive Medicine) Youth’s and alcohol can have a very negative affect. Not only for the youth, but for family, and the community. Knowing information about this dangerous situation can help save a child’s life. The first thing is to know why a child may start to drink. It may be because of peer pressure, experimental, or it could be genetics. Ask yourself this question. Am I in my kid’s world? Some may answer yes, and some will say no. Even on the yeses, I’m sure there are some things that are missed. So I ask the question again, are you in your kid’s world? Being an active parent in a child’s life does not make you nosy, even though the kids would disagree. It allows parents to grasp quality time, and allows them to have the informational talks that need to happen when dealing with peer pressure....
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...In 2013, Ethan Couch was sentenced two years behind bars after killing four people while he was drunk driving. Underage drinking and driving does not only put the driver in danger but it risks other people’s lives and it has been a major issue that our society has been facing for many years. Under the law it is illegal for a person under the age of 21 to drive a motor vehicle with a blood or breath alcohol concentration level of 0.02% or higher, yet many teens make exception for themselves and decides to drive, and ends up getting into a deadly or very serious accidents which can cause to kill innocent people as well. Underage Drinking and driving is issue that has been underestimated by many people over the years and it is essential to...
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...Marijuana is not actually how society perceives it, they consider it a harmful plant that can affect lives negatively, however it is proven to offer many positive benefits to both our world and people. Introduction: Attention: I. Today, about 14.8% of the population smokes marijuana and is legal in 22 states. This drug is mostly consumed by many teens and adults. People use this drug for many reasons whether it’s for recreational purposes or medical purposes. There are so much reasons why marijuana is being used today. The problem is society does not know how beneficial this plant can be. II. Have you ever wondered why some people smoke marijuana very often? Well I’m pretty sure that most of you college students including myself suffer from either anxiety, depression or stress. What if there was a solution to you getting away from these negative feelings in just a couple of minutes. Well it’s your lucky day because that’s why Mother Nature created this beneficial plant that can put a smile on everyone’s face. III. Although marijuana is an illegal drug, there is so much it can offer. As of today many people happen to get their hands on it, there is so much the police force can do. I don’t understand why they go out of their way putting people in jail and prison for this amazing herb that does nothing else but brings happiness to people’s lives. IV. From my experience of watching my friends and family smoke marijuana I don’t see how it harms the human body...
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...perils of drunkenness and more on the tenuous concept that adults can drink properly but youths cannot or should not" (Males 190). This lead to much discussion over the drinking age and the debate will go on for years to come. Throughout this debate, it lead to the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, which lowered the United States drinking age to eighteen. After this act was passed there was much controversy and soon after the drinking age would go back to twenty one. The states had to follow this statement "All States to raise their minimum drinking age to 21 within 2 years or lose a portion of their Federal-aid highway funds; and encourage States, through incentive grants programs, to pass mandatory sentencing laws to combat drunk driving." (Senate Record...
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...Bad habits How many times have you been a witness of family members or friends who destroy their lives as a result of bad habits? Do you know how many people die yearly from this? Many individuals do not really understand that bad habits eventually lead to serious illnesses and even death .Not only the most common bad habits that society is showing today, but also the most fatal are, tobacco use, drinking, and drugs abuse. Each year about 9 million people die worldwide because of excessive use of these three products. First, smoking is one of the bad habits that is causing the death of hundreds of people each year. Smoking is the bodily process of inhalation of the smoke of burning tobacco in cigarettes, and others items people use for the consumption of it. It can cause many health problems, but mainly respiratory, such as lung cancer. Lung cancer is produced by an abnormal group of cells created by years of consumption of tobacco and uses of cigarettes. In addition, people smoke for many years without knowing they are causing harm because lung cancer typically takes a few years to develop and begins showing first symptoms between 50 and 70 years of age. Another problem smoking can cause is harm to others through second hand smoking; also know as environment tobacco smoke. Based on recent research, people who don't smoke can suffer several health problems caused by frequent inhalation of smoke from smokers. Although they have never smoked a cigarette, they can be affected if...
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...English 1023 17 May 2013 Argumentative Research Essay: Teen Drinking Have you ever really considered the consequences of binge drinking regularly while in college or even high school? It may seem harmless and most people only think it is a one night affair. I believe that most people honestly do not know that these decisions can affect them for the rest of their lives. I have seen several of my friends of all different ages make bad decisions in their lives and a lot of can be traced back to decisions involved with the use of alcohol. Going out and binge drinking often can lead to a numerous of bad decisions. Alcohol use and teens can lead to developing bad habits, poor health, risky behaviors, criminal acts, unwanted injuries, and unwanted sexual contact. One of the main reason that younger people believe that is acceptable to drink under age is they believe that it will only affect them for one night. In all reality that is not true. As you will see laid out in this essay I will show my readers several viewpoints of why it is a bad long term decision. People drink early on to feel like they are a part of a group of being popular. Drinking does not make anyone popular. Young people just need to ask themselves what is the right thing to do. Popularity will come on its own. Starting to drink heavily can really have a bad effect on your health. When my father was around my age, he and his friends used to drink heavily a lot, all the time. I have met several of my father’s friends...
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...Today, the consumption of alcohol by anyone under the age of 21 is generally illegal across the United States; however, there are some states that have exceptions allowing underage consumption of alcohol in certain circumstances. Underage drinking is allowed if done on private premises with parental consent or for religious purposes. In Ruth Engs’ opinion, based upon her research, “as a nation we have tried prohibition legislation twice in the past for controlling irresponsible drinking problems. This was during National Prohibition in the 1920’s and State Prohibition during the 1850’s. These laws were finally repealed because they were unenforceable and because the backlash towards them caused other social problems. Today we are repeating history and making the same mistakes that occurred in the past. Prohibition did not work then and prohibition for young people under the age of 21 is not working now” (Engs). On many campuses around the country, led by the so-called Amethyst Initiative, the legal drinking age continues to be a controversial issue since it is believed that “twenty-one is not working” (Sanghavi). The old familiar argument is that turning 18 bestows the rights and responsibilities of adulthood such as voting, serving on juries, getting married, signing contracts, joining the military, buying cigarettes, watching porn and upon prosecution, trial as an adult. If adults from the age of 18 are trusted to do all of these things, they should also be trusted...
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...used the money to fund terrorist activities and the company knew this but still purchased the parts anyways because it saved them money. A business who deals with waste removal should have a proper site to dump the waste and be licensed and qualified to do so. Ethical responsibilities aren’t just for the business itself. The employees of a business must also follow a moral and ethical code that is familiar with the business itself. They represent the business in just as many ways as the actions the business does as a whole. For instance, it would be extremely unprofessional for an employee to show up to work intoxicated either through alcohol or illegal substances. This holds true for any job but it could become dangerous for certain professions. If a police officer is drunk while on the job, their decision making skills are not going to be as sharp as they should be and they could cause the death of a fellow officer or worse, an innocent civilian, if they are driving while intoxicated or are involved in a life or death...
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...Inoculation Driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs create risks for the driver, but everyone else on the road as well. Alcohol and drug use behind the wheel has become second nature in our country, and must be stopped and every case should have the maximum penalty. It has been going on for too long and now with your help we can stop this madness. Each day in the United States, people drive under the influence of alcohol and drugs almost 300,000 times, but fewer than 4,000 are actually arrested for this crime (Federal Bureau of Investigation. Crime in the United States: 2014). According to the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an estimated 9.9 million people aged 12 or older (or 3.8 percent of teens and adults) reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs during the year prior to being surveyed. This was lower than the rate in 2012 (3.9 percent). By comparison, in 2013, an estimated 28.7 million people (10.9 percent) reported driving under the influence of alcohol at least once in the past year (SAMHSA, 2014). In 2012 alone, 10.3 million people reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs in the past year (2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health). Every day, almost 30 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. This amounts to one death every 51 minutes. The annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $59 billion. The consequences of driving under the influence...
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...Connelly November 25, 2012 ENG4U-103 The Affect of Emotion in Othello Emotions can alter people’s decisions and how they would view a situation. Throughout William Shakespeare’s play, Othello, many characters are persuaded by their emotions and act according to their feelings. This action can bring even the noblest of characters to their weakest point. Jealously and fear of the unknown is one of Othello’s biggest weaknesses. This is seen throughout the novel as Iago tries to take advantage of these qualities and strip Othello of his ranking. Greed and selfishness are also demonstrated throughout the novel. This is seen in Iago’s hatred for Othello and other characters with a higher rank. Rage is an emotion that can change a man’s judgment. The emotions of jealousy, greed and rage changes the decisions of the characters and causes the characters to re-act and make a decision they would not otherwise have made. Jealousy is one of the major emotions that cause characters to act differently. One example of jealousy throughout the play, Othello, is Iago’s jealousy of Cassio. Iago allows his jealousy to cloud his judgment. Iago continuously tries to make Cassio look like a fool in hopes that Iago would take over Cassio’s position of a lieutenant. In fact, Iago speaks out and says that Cassio is a, “Counter-caster”(1.1.31) and possesses the job that he desires, well he is stuck being, “ His lords ancient”(1.1.33). Through this we can see how Iago is jealous of Cassio and his position...
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...people will notice their bad behavior. “Girls today face greater struggles in maintaining a sense of self, confronting complex, often contradictory, sets of behavioral scripts that specify what is appropriate, acceptable, or possible for girls to do” (Miller,kerig, leve, p.5). That is why many researcher stated that media does have an impact on teenage girls because they are seeing some many images a...
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...CHAPTER 1 Understanding Consumer Behavior CHAPTER SUMMARY The goal of this chapter is to introduce students to the topic of consumer behavior. The chapter defines what consumer behavior is, what factors affect it, and why it should be studied. Consumer behavior is defined as involving (1) the set of decisions (whether, what, why, how, when, where, how much, how often, how long), (2) made about the acquisition, use, or disposition (3) of products, services, activities, ideas, people or time (4) made by one or more decision-making entities (5) over time. Consumers’ motivation, ability, and opportunity affect their decisions. These factors influence what consumers are exposed to, what they attend to and what they perceive, how they categorize or interpret information, how they form and change attitudes, and how they form and retrieve memories. Each of these aspects of the psychological core has a bearing on consumer decision making. Decision making itself is based on problem recognition and the search for information, involves some judgment and decision-making processes, and affects others’ decisions as well as one’s own post-decision satisfaction level. Furthermore, consumer decisions are affected by the consumer’s culture, defined as the myriad groups and social systems to which individuals belong, that influence the values and beliefs they hold and the symbols they use to communicate group membership. Factors associated with both the psychological core and culture can influence...
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...business environment for a piece of the beer industry market is very competitive. Breweries must compete against other breweries, both large and small to remain a viable player in the sale of their beer. Budweiser is a product produced by Anheuser-Busch, an American brewery founded in St. Louis in the mid 1800’s. The intention of the following marketing plan is to not only continue to add to the legacy of Budweiser, but to re-energize the consumer’s appetite for Budweiser and increase the market share of the product. The formula for Budweiser is over 130 years old. The recipe has a unique blend of barley malt, brewer’s rice, yeast, water, and hops. These same five ingredients are what still goes into Budweiser today. We will promote how after 130 years the tried and true tradition of these five ingredients are the building blocks that give Budweiser its uncompromised flavor. In addition to the five ingredients, the seven steps in brewing Budweiser remain the same today. The seven steps are milling, mashing, straining, the brewkettle, primary fermentation, beechwood aging, and finishing (Budweiser Anheuser-Busch). Using the beechwood aging process allows more interaction between the beer and the yeast. This is the unique formulation that has propelled Budweiser into the staple beer which many others have imitated, but not quite duplicated. We will use Budweiser’s unique recipe and brewing process to market the product to our end users. The marketing plan for Budweiser...
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