Teen Drinking

As in the case of many other teen social behaviors, parents seem to learn about teen drinking when it comes to their children once it’s already gone on. Kids can be drinking and the next day you might never know. You may only find out about your child’s alcohol habit once you find a wine bottle missing, or a gin bottle filled not with its actual contents, but with water. It is important then to be vigilant and to teach children about the dangers of drinking, particularly underage drinking. Drinking And Teen Drinking Statistics The stats about American drinking show...

The National Beverages of World Cup Team...

The 2010 FIFA World Cup is being held in South Africa and the country is gearing up to host not only a soccer tournament but a diverse meeting of cultures. Everyone will be supporting their own country and bringing along with them not only flags, jerseys, and silly wigs, but perhaps even their signature alcohols. While in excess alcohol is harmful, in moderation it is not. In fact there is proof that a certain, minimal amount of alcohol consumption on a daily basis is something that may actually be beneficial for the heart. Alcohol has also long been part of cultures all...

How To Find Out If A Drink Is Spiked

Say you’re a school administrator, watching kids file into the high school for a late night graduation party.  It should be a fun time for all, but usually there’s someone who thinks they can break the rules.  It wasn’t too, too long ago that I graduated high school, and I well remember – people bring alcohol to campus. So what are you going to do as a school administrator to find out if what you suspect to be alcohol in a student’s water bottle is, in fact, alcohol?  Unless you are planning to consume the beverage yourself there is no...

Alcohol & College

Some of the statistics with regards to college and alcohol drinking are you might say extremely sobering. An average college student spends about $900 on alcohol every year and about 159,000 first year students will probably drop out due to some alcohol or drug related issue. A third of college students agree that they have missed at least one class or more due to alcohol related issues. And it may surprise many to know that one night of binge drinking can make your thinking fuzzy for up to 30 days. Today the condition is worse than you can imagine. Seventy two percent of...

The Risk Alcohol Abuse Presents to Women

It is a known fact that the male and female body in humans is different in many respects and it reacts to various substances in different ways. Alcohol is no different! Women are affected differently by alcohol as compared to men and therefore the acceptable level of drinking and intake are also different. The National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol Related Disorders conducted a study in conjunction with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in 2001-02 and found that 5.42 percent of males and 2.32 percent females in the US suffered from alcohol...