This is the beginning of a research project that we are starting to go along with our summer reading book. One of the issues in Dramarama is underage drinking, so I chose teen binge drinking as my topic. Here's the first part of the assignment...
Margaret
Mrs. Zurkowski
Purples
13 September 2010
Book: Dramarama by E. Lockhart
Topic: Teen Binge Drinking
Search Terms: “Teen Alcohol Abuse”
“Teen Binge Drinking”
“Binge Drinking Effects”
“National Institute on Alcohol Abuse”
“Underage Drinking Studies”
“Binge Drinking Definition”
“Binge Drinking Risks”
Teenage Binge Drinking
One of the social issues that plays a part in the book Dramarama by E. Lockhart is underage drinking. The most common form of teen drinking is binge drinking. Binge drinking is usually defined by having five or more drinks on one occasion for men, or four or more drinks for women. Heavy binge drinking is having three or more of these episodes within the space of 2 weeks (http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/alcohol/binge_drink.html?tracking=T_RelatedArticle). In one study, over half of the high school students participating in the study who had consumed alcohol in the past thirty days reported binge drinking. The study also showed that the binge drinkers were more likely to show poor school performance and participate in other dangerous activities, such as riding in a car with someone who had been drinking than students who had only had one or two drinks. It did not matter whether the binge drinkers were nondrinkers otherwise or frequent drinkers. (http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/119/1/76). This issue is very prominent in today’s society, where many underage people drink alcohol. I think that this needs to be stopped, or at least that the people who make the choice to drink need to know all the risks and perhaps make the right choice and refuse the drink.
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