Topic: Alcohol use
Purpose: To pursue my listers the right way of using alcohol consumption
Thesis: Alcohol can be used in good ways, just depends on how you use it.
I. Attention getter: How many of you guys are guilty of underage drinking ?
II. Preview of main points: What is alcohol use, alcohol effects on the body and alcohol & college students
Body
Alcohol use A. (AUDS) Alcohol use disorder 1. 18 year olds and up has had an AUD in 2013. This includes 10 million men and 5 million women. 2. Youth ages 12 to 17 In 2013 an estimated 697,000 adolescents ages 12–17 had an AUD. B. Alcohol use in United states 1. In 2013, 86 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime; 70 percent reported that they drank in the past year; 56 percent …show more content…
The effects of alcohol use A. Drinking too much at one time or over time can take a toll on your health. 1. Alcohol effects the brain, heart, liver, pancreas and could cause cancer. 2. Drinking too much can weaken your immune system, making your body easy for diseases. B. Alcohol related deaths 1. Nearly 88,0009 people die from alcohol-related causes annually, making it the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States. 2. In 2013, alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 10,076 deaths .
III. Alcohol and college students A. Prevalence alcohol use 1. Prevalence of Drinking: In 2013, 59.4 percent of full-time college students ages 18–22 drank alcohol in the past month compared with 50.6 percent of other persons of the same age.20 2. Prevalence of Binge Drinking: In 2013, 39 percent of college students ages 18–22 engaged in binge drinking (5 or more drinks on an occasion) in the past month compared with 33.4 percent of other persons of the same age.21 B. Consequences 1.11,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor-vehicle