Drink
Statistics used throughout the essay prove that children drink, but they never address why children drink. Children not only drink, they smoke, and do drugs. ... "We have drinking contests to see how much people can drink in an hour before throwing up. ... ) A quote from Robin Room, the vice president for research and development at the Alcohol Research Foundation, makes a good point about teens and alcohol, "People who havent played with heavy drinking by 21 probably drink heavily later. ... Underage drinkers probably drink at a friends(AP) house and probably dont drive home. People who are over the age of 21 go out to a bar to drink. ... After just one drink, a driver can begin to lose their ability to perform the tasks necessary to drive a car like braking, steering, changing lanes, and using judgment to adjust to changing road conditions. ... In fact, when you drive with a blood alcohol level at the legal limit (80 mg per 100ml), you are three times more likely to be involved in a crash than if you hadnt had a drink. You dont need to drink much alcohol before your ability to drive becomes impaired.