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Under Age Drinking - Key to Subsequent Drug Abuse and Addiction

Wednesday, 27 May 2009 05:23

by Opspin Under age drinking affects many people, but none more than the drinkers themselves.

Underage drinkers are more likely to drop out of school, use drugs and engage in unsafe sexual practices. Decisions made at age 15 or 16 can set the stage for a life destined for failure.

“It is up to the adults to make the truth available – not alcohol to our youth,” comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director for Narconon Drug Rehab Georgia. “Don’t let teens learn the hard way that underage drinking can lead them to a place they really don’t want to go.”

Pancreas Trouble

Thursday, 21 May 2009 04:18

It is never surprising when study results again show that overdrinking is just not healthy! Now the pancreas is added to the list of organs that are harmed by too much alcohol consumption.

Throw in the mind and the spirit and anything else human – they are all harmed by too much alcohol.

While studies that tell us what we probably already know can be interesting, a study isolating effective alcohol treatment would be more in the interest of public concern.

Not all drug and alcohol treatment is effective, but some is. Let’s spend the public’s money finding solutions.

CHECK THE LABEL

Thursday, 21 May 2009 04:07

Australian youth are not the only youth looking for a strong drink. American youth are pretty good at hitting the bottle themselves and likely looking at the labels on the bottles also.

Youth and alcohol are not likely to have a complete separation anytime soon. However, when there are signs of developing alcoholism or binge drinking effective alcohol treatment is in order.

Intelligence about Drunks

Thursday, 30 April 2009 19:44

There were enough resources to do a study that points out the obvious – binge drinking amongst teens is damaging and could affect school performance. How much did this study cost?
On the other hand according to Join Together –“, In a move that has stunned members of the addiction community, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) announced earlier this month that it has cut all of its Alcohol Policies Project staff except longtime director George Hacker, effectively ending the only full-time advocacy effort on alcohol policy issues on Capitol Hill.”

Nothing to Cheer about

Tuesday, 05 May 2009 23:28

More and more kids are getting arrested for underage drinking. Many of these kids come from affluent neighborhoods and are popular kids. One such girl, recently featured in a newspaper article, had been a cheerleader and very much part of the “in crowd” at her school. This pretty cheerleader recently found herself in handcuffs and sentenced to probation.

In a recent statewide survey 25 percent of high school seniors admit to binge drinking at least once in the last month. (Binge drinking is defined as having five or more drinks at one episode.)

56 percent of the kids said that they had used alcohol in the last month.

Why are so many kids drinking and why are some drinking themselves into oblivion?

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