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…Social Issues Oral Presentation Intro: For my social issues project I picked teen alcoholism. I picked teen alcoholism because almost all my friends and people I know drink and because drinking is a major growing issue in the world today since…

…, and treatments for it. In the past, alcoholism was often viewed as a moral weakness or character flaw; it was thought that the person could stop drinking if he or she really wanted to. It wasn\'t until 1970, with the establishment of NIAAA and a national public…

…maladaptive coping behavior. This means that drinking is a bad coping behavior learned through parents or friends. More than forty percent of people who began drinking at the age of fifteen or before were classified as dependent at some time in their lives.(NIAAA…

…implication of the disease concept is what is labeled a "disease" is held to be justifiable because it is involuntary. This is not so because problem drinking is a habit in which the so-called "alcoholic" simply has decided that the benefits of drinking outweigh…

…How to shotgun a beer! First, shotgunning a beer has nothing to do with firearms, the theory is to drink a beer as fast as possible. The origin of the name is unclear, but it seems to be a universally accepted term among college students. Many…

…. Drinking, smoking and staying out late were constant peer pressures throughout my high school career. Looking down at the cigarette and being encouraged by my friend to take a hit off of it, I knew that smoking was not something I wanted to do at that time…

…Alcoholism Alcoholism is a major social, economic, and public health problem. About ten percent of the adult drinkers in the United States are considered alcoholics or experience some drinking problems to some degree(“Microsoft Encarta 98…

…Coke Vs Pepsi Coke and Pepsi have been fighting for the supremacy of the global market in refreshments. The market of drinks in the United States is valued more than thirty million dollars annually. The efficacy and strategy of marketing of each…

…Should Fraternities Be Banned From College Campus The frequency of binge drinking at fraternities and sororities leads to an “Animal House” style of living. (Dr. Henry Wechsler, Harvard University) Students celebrate the end of the week…

…determine who goes where in this case, but many times for younger crowds the parties with beer are for the cool kids. This is the one that everyone wants to be at. How many drinks can you name? Maybe seven or eight off the top of your head? Now…