underage drinking
...nager drinking and driving is absolutely zero. 2. Most parents who find out that their child has been drinking are not pleased with it. 3. Underage drinking is a crime. It is a first-degree misdemeanor punishable with a maximum sentence of 6 months incapacitation and a $1000.00 fine. B. Not only is underage drinking against the law, but it is endangering the person's life, as well as others, especially on college campuses. 1. As you can see on this survey from the George Mason Univ. & West Chester Univ. in 1997, alcohol was involved in more than two-thirds of all the campus incidents last year that occurred in residence halls. This survey involved 330 colleges&univ. throughout the country. 2. From the PSU Police Safety Services, the actual offenses of liquor in 2000 were 125 people and 169 people that were arrested due to liquor. Transition: Now that I have explained why teens should not have alcohol, I will explain to all of you why teens are not responsible enough to drink. II. Main Point #2 A. Teenagers are not responsible enough to drink. 1. When people drink they use poor judgment, and when underage people drink it is even worse. a. So the more you drink, the more judgment you lose. 1. For example, according to Prof. Rosenberg from the Psychological Bulletin in 1993, 90% of all campus rapes involving drinking are 68% of manslaughter convictions and 63% of assaults that involve alcohol. B. Hypothetical Story 1. Imagine this situation of your best friend driving home from your house one night. And on the way home, your friend meets some person who decided to drink too much and your friend and the other driver crash head on. The underage drunk driver survives, while your best friend is killed. So what happened to the drunk driver's judgment? It is in his 15 empty beer cans at the party. a. Officer Dean Wilson, executive director of the National Organizations, has calculated that every 15 minutes someone in the U.S. dies as the result of an alcohol related traffic collision. Transition: Now that I have explained why teenagers are not responsible to drink because of lack of judgment, I will explain how alcohol is harmful to your health. III. Main Point #3 A. Alcohol is harmful to your health. 1. Anyone who drinks has the chance of seriously hurting his or her body. This can happen in several ways. a. Alcohol is a drug that can cause: 1. liver damage, cancer, heart damage or even death. 2. women who consumer alcohol during pregnancy are at risk to deliver a child with fetal alcohol syndrome. 3. looks/appearance a.people who drink on a regular basis tend to look older faster. So just think to yourself, drinking alcohol may seem good when you are 18 a...