Alcohol Abuse

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The average person metabolizes alcohol at the rate of about one drink per hour. Drinking strong coffee, exercising or taking...
The Social Network is a movie about something distinct to our generation - Facebook. Young people were the first to use it, and...
Peer pressure is so over. Fact is, most of your peers aren’t even drinking. 81% of kids ages 12-17 have chosen not to drink in...
The average age when youth first try alcohol is 11 years for boys and 13 years for girls. By age 14, 41% of children have had...
Beer mugs
Every year, more than 5,000 deaths of people under age 21 are linked to underage drinking. Alcohol is a leading factor in...
There’s more than one reason to like Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson’s portrayal of an isolated teenager. Maybe you’ll like the...
Alcohol A colorless, flammable liquid that is made or obtained by fermentation of sugars and starches. It is used in a...
Summer
This week we've had heat waves, thunderstorms, too much ice cream and hardly any homework. Summer is officially here. To keep...
Although alcohol is a legal drug, addiction is a common problem and brings many social and psychological issues with it....
Each year during prom season, an unwilling teen becomes the face of safe driving because her life was cut tragically short in a...
Ernest Hemingway is a case for cause – this writer struggling with mental health issues and alcohol abuse created a first-person...