The Cause of Teen Alcoholism in the World Today.

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Imagine just turning sixteen and being at your first "real" high school party. After tearfully begging your parents to treat you like an adult and let you go with a friend, you are finally there. You are a little bit nervous due to the fact you know only a few number of the people in the room, the rest being upperclassmen. Finally, after what seems forever of shyly shifting from one foot to the other and making small talk with people you barely know, a cute upperclassmen comes up to you and offers you a beer. A decision is before you, either ignore all those years of adults telling you that drinking was bad or to ignore all ...

... who oppose drinking are often stereotyped as humorless busybodies who like to run other people's lives" (Aaseng 41). Being a humorless busybody is the last thing someone wants to be known as at a party. As teen alcoholism rises, psychologists and sociologists are against the clock to help find a way to slow its rapid growth. Analyzing the causes of teen drinking can help them make some changes as in passing legislation against advertising alcohol to minors or encourage other activities for teens to do on Friday nights besides going to someone's house to drink. Though easier said than done, these ideas only serve as a stepping-stone across the great river of troubles for

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