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…by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism performed showed that college students suffered 1,400 deaths, 70,000 date rapes and assaults, and 500,000 injuries each year as a result of alcohol. (McDonald) Although binge drinking (5+ drinks in one sitting…

…that she needs help. And nobody at the Bada Bing figured out the new voice mail system. And in the middle of all this...was Tony Soprano. Junior Soprano has not been smiling much lately. Although Christopher and Brendan returned the stolen goods…

…long-lived drugs such as alcohol, marijuana or LSD. The tolerance for crack-cocaine is different than that for other drugs. Crack smoking is characterized by a bingeing experience, in which the user takes the drug continuously over a period of days until…

…There are many health issues facing the youth of today's Australia. This written work will deal with three of these major issues namely eating disorders, substance abuse and suicide in that order. These issues shall prove to be of great interest to all…

…by the media, it's bad for their images if people think they starve themselves. So they develop two personas. One who binges in public, eating whatever she wants, and still maintains her figure, and one in private who eats next to nothing and works out all the time…

…and promote healthy practices. "More than 10 million drinkers in Canada are between the ages of 12 and 20. Of these young drinkers, 20% engage in binge drinking and 6% are heavy drinkers " (www.cspinet.org/booze/alcyouth.htm p.1of 2). (1) On average, young…

…blood-alcohol level nearly seven times the intoxication limit (College Binge Drinking). Many people feel that the drinking age should be lowered to accommodate the young adult college students who drink so heavily. The argument is always, "If I'm old enough…

…broke up with my first love of three years, my life became unbearable. Life soon became filled with less starvation techniques and more ways to eat with out gaining weight. I cluttered my mind with weigh-ins, calculations, calorie counting, binging…

…unstable self-image or sense of self. (4) Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, Substance Abuse, reckless driving, binge eating). (5) Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating…

…threatening disorder of anorexia. Approximately one-third of anorexics become bulimia nervosa's. These are people who binge eat then purge themselves by vomiting. They become isolated and depressed and have a low self-esteem. What's worse though is that physically…