Essays about Addiction Page 11

Everyday 29 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol impaired driver(Snyder,2014). This is one death every 50 minutes, the annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than 44 billion dollars. Interesting enough, car accidents involving alcohol impaired drivers are jarring at night(Snyder,2014).Despite 60% less traffic on the roads,…

A new study 50-Year Trends in Smoking-Related Mortality in the United States published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that women’s death rates from smoking have caught up to those of men. The study showed that women’s risk of death from smoking-related illnesses is now equivalent to that of men. The researchers also…

Do you take chances? Are you up for winning some extra cash? Well, look no further than the lottery, casinos, online betting, and the bookies – the biggest waste of not only your money but your time. They entice you. Rope you in, tie you up and taunt you. Gambling ruins your life. Can you believe…

Every year thousands of people die because of lung cancer or other tobaccorelated illnesses. Everyone in the world comes in contact with smoke from acigarette at least once in their lifetime, whether it is at a restaurant or atwork. Millions of people are addicted to smoking, and thousands more becomeaddicted every year. Cigarettes and other…

Crash! This is the sound of a car banging against a tree driven by a drunk driver who was running from the cops. Purchasing and consuming alcohol when one is younger than the age of twenty-one is illegal in the U.S. What the legal drinking age should be has been controversial since it was raised…

Memos within a company serve several purposes. They may be used to report meeting agendas, policies, internal reports, or short proposals. Memos may also be used as a tool to inform staff, management, or executives of important information. Two very good examples of this are the memos written regarding the 1978 Three Mile Island Disaster,…

$1000. What could you get for $1000? For this much money you could buy 235 pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks or Spend 9 days at Disney land. But now you can’t. You just had to take that drink, that one sip of beer costs you $1000. In Idaho it is illegal for anyone under 21,…

Teenagers face many challenges growing up, including getting good grades in school, puberty, peer pressure, trying to fit in, and many others. These life stressors can lead to a lot of mixed emotions, which can be difficult to deal with and can cause teens to try to remedy their negative feelings using unhealthy coping skills….

Youthful Intoxicated Driver’s Visitation Program, it explains the law of driving under the influence of alcohol under the legal drinking age of 21. It explains that if convicted of this crime the victim will have to follow one of the three choices provided by a supervised visitation program at a facility. The three options are:…

In 2001, college drinking was associated with approximately 600,000 injuries, almost 500,000 instances of unprotected sex, 97,000 sexual assaults, 700,000 physical assaults, and over 1,700 deaths. Furthermore, these statistics are increased for those affiliated with the Greek system. With approximately, nine million students currently members of a sorority or fraternity in the U.S, there is…