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Posted on Jul 29, 2010
Many controversies surround alcohol and it consumption. Alcohol controversies are many and ramifications of the nation at large are critical. Here are the top 8 alcohol controversies facing the nation.
8. Drunk Driving
Driving under the influence or drunk driving is both controversial and dangerous because those driving with increased blood alcohol levels are more likely to be involved in traffic accidents, highway injuries and vehicular fatalities. Controversial methods reducing drunk driving include creating drunk driving courts, taking away driving privileges, impounding and confiscating offenders cars, banning open containers, tough penalties and fines, incarceration, and alcohol abuse education.
7. Binge Drinking
When people think about binge drinking, they think about self-destructive and excessive drinking that lasts for a weekend and after that a person is so drunk that they cannot work or, take care of responsibilities, waste money, and other dangerous activities. This controversial habit has been in the news frequently and in the media as the society seeks ways of curbing this type of alcohol abuse.
6. Underage Drinking
Alcohol abuse is a controversial issue in America’s underage population and ways to fix the problem are always being discussed. Controversial prevention programs and identifying good ways to reduce alcohol abuse in young people, with focuses on secondary schools, colleges, and universities always stir up heated discussions.
5. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a controversial alcohol and health problem which harms the abuser and their offspring; however it can be completely prevented. Alcohol abuse in pregnant women causes babies to be affected with fetal alcohol syndrome and it is a form of child abuse that affects a person throughout his or her it lasts lifetime. Children born with fetal alcohol syndrome have learning problems, growth development issues and deformities.
4. Alcohol Advertisements
Many Americans believe that alcohol advertisements cause citizens to abuse alcohol studies have proven this. When and where alcohol advertisements can be seen continues to be a controversial issue in the United States.
3. Alcohol Dependency
Alcohol Dependence is a problem that known for its harmful consequences. It is when repeated alcohol abuse causes a physiological dependence on alcohol that this problem could considered the root of many of the controversial issues mention above and is a major concern when the issues of alcohol and health are discussed.
2. Work place Drinking
Alcohol abuse in the workplace has become one of the most controversial alcohol issues businesses and industries currently. Even though the exact yearly cost in productivity because of alcohol abuse has not been determine, the estimates are enough to cause alarm. The figure that is often thrown out is in the billions of dollars for productivity and the alcohol and health cost could be in the same ballpark. Impaired employees are a matter of grave concern not only for employers but co workers in genera l too.
1. Lowering the Permitted Drinking Age
The lowering minimum drinking age is the biggest alcohol controversy currently. Recently proposals have been being made to lower the minimum legal drinking age that allows a person to drink. Many academics, intellectuals and pundits have proposed this as a solution to many ills involved with alcohol and the debate rages in the press and media.
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Posted on May 13, 2009
DWI Accidents on Highways – Highly Predictable
Even though drunken driving accidents are on a decline in recent years, the predictability of highway deaths due to alcohol impaired driving has been constant and more during holiday seasons. The state highway control department’s projection of alcohol related driving accidents has always been true to the count.
Who Cares For Warnings?
No matter what you try doing, public awareness programs, strict penalties and punishments for a DWI offense, warnings, alcohol education programs, enforcement agencies for better control and diligence, people still have a willingness to drive their vehicle in a most vulnerable state of physical impairment. It is a sheer sense of irresponsibility they try to portray not only putting their life in danger, but also the life of others on road.
Alcohol abuse has become so common that 40% of Americans are subjected to alcohol related mishap at some point of time in their life. While most of accidents involving individuals below the age of 24 is due to motor vehicle accidents, 40% of those accidents are due to alcohol related impairment.
How Dangerous are Drunken Driving Accidents?
A relative study of a person who consumes alcohol and one who doesn’t with the level of danger he/she is exposed to.
| S.No |
BAC level |
Driver who consumes alcohol |
Driver abstains from alcohol |
| 1. |
.04/ Two beers within an hour |
1.4 times more likely to face a accident |
Nil |
| 2. |
.08/ 4 pegs of beer |
10 times more likely to face an accident than who abstains from drinking |
Nil |
| 3. |
.10/ 6 pegs of beer |
48 times likely of having an accident than the one who is sober |
Nil |
| 4. |
.15/8 pegs of beers |
380 times more likely to have an accident |
Nil |
| 5. |
.10 |
7 times more likely to get involved in a fatal motor vehicle crash |
Nil |
| 6. |
.15 |
25 times more likely to get involved in a fatal motor vehicle crash to get involved in a fatal motor vehicle crash |
Nil |
How to Handle Drinking and Driving?
Well the answer is pretty simple. Do not drive if you are drunk. During weekends and holidays when the occasion to drink arises, it is advisable to hire a car driver or a boat driver in case you plan a boat ride in order to ensure safety of both you and others. Tabulating the facts and the comparing the levels of dangers involved is to drive home the point that no matter what you do, please do not drive when you are drunk. In all cases you see that one who abstains from drinking is under absolutely no risk. Do follow and tell others.
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Posted on Apr 24, 2009
What do you mean by Alcohol Abuse?
Alcohol abuse means different for different people. While students enjoy heavy dose of alcohol and its consequences as a part of teen treat, those restricted by their religion consider even taking a sip of it as alcohol abuse. Activist view young couple consuming alcohol after dinner as abuse, while the enforcement officers at national highways, consider an accident by the driver of a vehicle under intoxication is viewed as an extreme example of alcoholic abuse.
Alcohol viewed in cultural back drop
While our cultural celebrations talk about enjoying alcohol with family which includes small children, prohibition and related activities consider alcohol to be a killer drink which is the root cause for all miseries. A sense of fear was cultivated in the minds of people against alcohol. Again, the problem starts only when alcohol is consumed excessively so as to loose control over one’s self that you tend to falter due to impairment. Later when prohibition was slowly repealed, a portion of them continued to abstain from drinking alcohol while the remaining population enjoyed drinking in moderation, mainly due to the fear of extreme consequences.
Alcohol Abuse and Youthful Drinking
Youthful drinking especially those under the age of 21 are increasingly targeted against consumption of alcohol. A zero tolerance is practiced against them in order to ensure that individuals below 21 years of age are appropriately protected against the consequences of alcohol and related beverages.
Recently a senior at Park View High School at Loudon County was suspended was usage of alcohol based mouth wash in school premises. Complete intolerance is practiced against alcohol with students to drive home the point that even a trace of alcohol usage will not be entertained. During the ten day suspension he was sent to Substance Abuse Program held in the county.
How far such zero tolerance programs will be effective in restraining youngsters from the usage of alcohol is a big question mark. Loosing personal touch with students, it becomes very difficult to implement such restriction and even if done the effectiveness of the rule will be questioned. Alcohol Abuse has become a challenge for everyone
Youth and their drinking habits
Every article and alcohol advertisement, TV show and claim report talks about increasing drinking habits among youngsters. But an analysis pertaining to the percentage of youngsters involved in drinking among a larger population has been declining steadily. Records from 1980 till 2006 reveal that various analysis show that there has been a steady decline in the percentage of youngsters involved in alcohol. Various classifications namely
- Percentage of high school seniors who have ever consumed alcohol
- Percentage of high school seniors who have consumed alcohol in the previous year
- Percentage of high school seniors who have consumed alcohol in the previous30 days
- Percentage of high school seniors who have consumed alcohol on a daily basis
All these figures and analysis show that the percentage has been down over the period of time.
Drunken driving law
There is a drop in the drunken driving related accidents over a period of time say from 1982 -2005, considering the years for which the statistics is available. Alcohol related traffic fatalities have reduced from 60% to 39% in 2005 which indicates the effectiveness of DWI Laws and their implementation. The intoxication related deaths per 100 million miles has reduced from 1.64 deaths to .56 deaths in 2005. The overall alcohol related fatality among total traffic fatal cases has reduced 35% while other sober cases account for 53%.
Health Issues
Heavy consumption of alcohol over a period of time will lead to serious health issues finally resulting in death of an individual. Diseases such as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) which is an irreversible condition related to excessive alcohol consumption by pregnant women. Cirrhosis is the most widely recognized extreme illness due to chronic alcoholism. Pitiful condition leading to progressive replacement of healthy liver tissue with scars and resulting in liver failure and death.
Help from Alcoholic Abuse
Those who wish to seek help from alcoholic abuse can visit the following websites that offer support and guidance
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