Teen drinking is an issue in rural communities. For example, Harlan. I personally believe that teen drinking is a terrible thing to do and you should never do it. The 2019 Youth Risk Behavior found that among high school students in the past 30 days, 29% drank alcohol and 14% binge drank. Teen drinking can lead to school problems like lower grades and more absences. Social problems are also caused by teen drinking like fighting, lack in participation, physical and sexual violence. Teenage drinking can also lead to the increase of suicide and homicide. Studies show the more you drink as a teen, the more you drink as an adult, which can lead to alcohol addiction. Many people are trying to decrease teen drinking by increasing alcohol taxes and enforcing laws prohibiting alcohol sales to minors. Everyone knows that underage drinking is illegal and bad for you, so why do they do it? According to the National Center of Addiction and Substance Abuse, almost 80% of high school students have tried alcohol. But why? Many teens underage drink because of peer pressure, curiosity, and to fit in. Many studies show that almost every teen at one point in their life will be and has been pressured to underage drink. Underage drinking can get you into a lot of trouble, for instance you could get arrested. Teen drinking also can make you do really dumb things because your nervous system gets messed up. Underage drinking can also get you kicked out of your school's sports because they don't want those kind of people on their team. Overall, I think teen drinking is a bad idea and you should avoid it at all costs.
Do you think teens should be allowed to drink? Why?
Have you ever been pressured into underage drinking? What did you do about it?
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Good topic choice Kayla and well done overall! I would like to see you provide links to the sources you used. I ould also like to see you break you long paragraph down into short paragraphs as it makes it easier to read.
I think that people should be able to drink legaly at the age of 18 because I think that it is a good age for think such as drinking to become legal because lots of other things become legal once you are 18 like merige. I also think that it is a safe age for people to start drinking.
In my opinion teenagers should not be allowed to drink because many teenagers sometimes do not realize that they are harming their health. I think to start drinking alcohol an early age, i.e in adolescene, would lead to serious health and mental problems in the future.
No, I have never been pressured into underage drinking.
teens should not be able to drink because teens are subjected to making a lot more iresponisble decisions like drinking and driving
I think that teens should not be able to drink until they are of age. If teens start drinking it can become a habit and they can start making bad decisions. I have never been pressured but I know people have and it is not a good thing. I think if you are being pressured you should leave wherever you are.
Yes, I think teens should not be allowed to drink alcoholic beverages because they are more likely to make bad decisions that can lead to unfortunate events like accidents or things like that, I personally have never been pressured to underage drinking.
I think teen drinking overall is a bad idea because like you said it can lead up to things like physical/sexual violence and addiction and on the other hand it is illegal for teenagers to consume an alcoholic beverage. I personally have never been pressured into trying alcohol, but I do have friends that underage drink I just don't really say anything about it because I never think about it.
I agree with everything that you said. Teen drinking can make teens think and do many bad things that they wouldn't if they weren't under the influence.
I don't think they should be allowed to because as you stated above it leads to addiction. I also think that it creates bad habits for when you get older. I personally haven't been pressured into underage drinking. I'm not sure there are any ways to 100% prevent teen drinking though.
I think teens shouldn't be allowed to drink because they are still growing, especially their bodies. It can make you have an addiction when you are older. I have been pressured into underage drinking. What I did was say that I was taking medicine so I couldn't drink. Saying that made them stop asking me to do it.
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