ALCOHOL EFFECTS
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Underage Drinking – A Dangerous Problem for Young America
There is some data that suggests when people experiment with alcohol in their youth, this predisposes them to a long list of harmful effects later in life, addiction included. This provides yet another reason why parents should do everything they can to prevent their children from experimenting with alcohol.
The Importance of Avoiding Alcohol During Difficult Health Times
Alcohol is an accepted part of our culture, but that doesn't make alcohol "good" by any means. In fact, there is always risk in even moderate drinking, and that risk is exacerbated during a health crisis. Why is it so crucial to avoid alcohol during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Alcohol Awareness Month 2019
Innovated, funded, and sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Alcohol Awareness Month was first established in 1987 to help reduce the stigma associated with alcohol addiction. The driving force behind Alcohol Awareness Month was to encourage communities to reach out to the American public every April, for the duration of the month, with information and resources on alcohol, alcoholism, and recovery.
Long-Term Effects: What Drug Use in the Here and Now Does to One's Future
People understand that abusing drugs or drinking to excess has an immediate, instantaneous, negative effect on the user. But what a lot of people do not know are the long-term repercussions of drug use, the extensive health complications that can occur later on in life as a direct result of an individual’s partaking in substances.
