Alcohol is a drug that is mostly abused the youths. Nowadays, many youths are experiencing the
problem of drinking too much. There are high cases of the adolescents suffering from alcohol related
ailments such as liver cirrhosis (Lohr, 2019).
Those adolescents involved in drinking alcohol some have been found to have genuine reasons for
taking alcohol while others do not. Recently, the cases of unemployment in many nations are high, most
of the youths find themselves jobless thereby engaging in taking alcohol (Holder et al., 2019). In this
stage, the adolescents encounter many changes in physical, emotional and lifestyle. The developmental
transition, like that of puberty, is also linked to alcohol use. Many adolescents think that taking alcohol is
a form of pleasure. According to research, the brain of adolescents keep on developing, this
development is associated with funny behaviors such as those of taking alcohol and easily getting
influenced by others (World Health Organization, 2019). . In reducing this problem, conducting seminars’
for the adolescents that explain to them effects of alcohol and how to avoid it can help. Enforcing strict
laws that penalize those who sale alcohol for them can also reduce the rate of alcohol intake. Finally, the
adolescents need to be engaged in jobs, making them busy to avoid idling which nececiates drinking
alcohol.
To conclude, it is fact that the rate of drinking alcohol is high among the adolescents. Many of them may
fail to understand the effects of alcohol that eventually result in the old age. Therefore, the society need
to engage in ways that can help to reduce the rate of alcohol intake in youths.
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