We call alcohol and tobacco legal, but controlled substances. This is because once you are a certain age, it is legal to consume these substances. Under a certain age, however, it is illegal.
In Idaho, it is illegal to possess or consume alcohol under the age of 21. One of the reasons is that alcohol can have serious, long-term consequences for a body and brain that are still developing.
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) shares that, "Alcohol use remains extremely widespread among today’s teenagers. Nearly three quarters of students (72%) have consumed alcohol (more than just a few sips) by the end of high school, and more than a third (37%) have done so by eighth grade."
abovetheinfluence.com states that alcohol can "damage the part of your brain that controls coordination, memory, judgment and decision-making...Unable to move and think clearly, you can do stupid, risky and reckless things that are unsafe, or even lethal. Each year, approximately 5,000 people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking. This includes about 1,900 deaths from car accidents, 1,600 homicides, 300 suicides, and hundreds of other deaths due to accidents like falls, burns and drownings."
In Idaho, is it illegal to possess tobacco under the age of 18. Nicotine, the main drug in tobacco products, is one of the most highly addictive drugs we know. Most adults who are addicted started when they were teenagers and the majority wish they never had.
Students Against Destructive Decistions (SADD) states that, "Nearly half (44%) of American young people have tried cigarettes by twelfth grade, and one out of five (20%) twelfth graders is a current smoker."
abovetheinfluence.com states that, "Smoking harms your immune system and can affect nearly every organ of your body...Here are some numbers to consider: In the 40 years between 1964 and 2004, cigarette smoking caused an estimated 12 million deaths...In 2010, more than 220,000 new cases of lung cancer were reported, and more than 150,000 Americans died as a direct result of the disease."
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If you are underage and are caught in possession and/or consuming alcohol or tobacco you can be arrested and charged. In school you can also face additional charges. Many sports and academic programs have a code of conduct which dismisses you from the program if caught. Is it worth the risk? What about the medical risks and long-term health consequences?
Is everyone really doing it? Think again...students who are committed to their future say no.
QUESTION FIVE: What do you think about alcohol and tobacco?
48 comments:
i think alcohol and tobacoo is stupid,dumb and justplain stupid
I think that alcohol and tobacco is the leading cause of teen death. Alcohol and tobacco effect your brain cells and they die really easily.
I think that alcohol and drugs are stupid because it doesnt make you cool for one an for two it just messes up your life forever no matter if you quit or not your still adickted in some way and you can never go back and change what you have done!
alcohol is a very bad drug dont do it .It just gets u drunk and makes u do stupid things. If u'r driving under the influence you can get pulled over and go to jail. tobacco gets you high and makes u stupid .and it does the same thing and next thing u know your sister's dead or something.SO DONT DO DRUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think alcohol and tobacco are bad not just for you but every one around you.
I think that alcohol and tobacoo is a bad thing to do because it makes you addicted to it, and it can make you do things that you normally wouldn
't do normally. It is also bad for your health. Smoking can lead you to having lung cancer, and yellow teeth. Alcohol can lead to you doing things that you dont want to do.
I think alcohol and tobacco is the worst thing ever. it can make you do stupid things. it is not goo for your lungs. it is also addicting, and you cant stop doing it. you act strang and woosy. It is not good and you sould never try achohol or tobacco. there are also other life threatning things. you could get lung cancer from smoking, and yellow teeth. alcohol can make you do things that you are not proud of, and you could die by drinking. you could get in a car reck from drunk driving, which is ilegal in ever state. this is why achohol and tobacco is not good for you, or anyone you know.
alcohol and tobacco is bad but if i had to choose between drugs or tabacco and alcohol i would choose tabacco and alcohol because it is not as bad as drugs but tabacco and alcohol is bad becauseIt is also bad for your health.Smoking can lead you to having lung cancer, and yellow teeth. Alcohol can lead to you doing stuff like kills your body and messes u up
Tobacco is a carrier for the highly addictive drug nicotine. Once your body gets a taste for nicotine, it can quickly become a life-long addiction, with extremely fatal consequences, and everytime you smoke tobacco it will take 7min from your life.
I think Alcohol and Tobacco is bad!
I wouldn't try it or do it.
I think that alcohol and tabacco are bad for you and are very dangerous. Most teens annd adults smoke or do alcohol to feel better. If you ever think about doing alcohol or drugs why don't you remember this comment "DON'T!" One of my Grandmother's has smoked for a long time and now she is very sick and it costs lots of money to get t fixed money most people don't have. Her live is in danger and I really wish she had never started smoking. Please don't do alcohol or smoke.
i think alcohol and tobacco are bad combonation between those two...alcohol is a liquid that can cause brain damage to those who do drink... Tobacco is in cigars, ciggerets, etc. that can cause organs to fail of work harder than it's suppost to...in all of this these two are a bad thing to use
i think alcohol is stupied and dunb and people should jusut stop if there on it cuz it can cause death people think it cool and it can calm you down will it can't. and people think its awesome and it can make you popular will all of that can make you die so DON'T DO IT!!!!
I think people that smoke drink are stupid. They do stuff to hurt them. Teenagers that smoke or drink are doing because they think they are cool none of them are though. The adults that smoke or drink normaly did when they were younger because they thought they were cool, but they were not now they are addicted to that stuff. Drunks just sit there on the couch and do nothing but kill them selves or hurt or kill others. Smokers are allways short of breath. The smoke smells discusting i hate the smell of smoke im sure others do to.
alcohol and tobacoo should be illegal and should be out of the country and if some one should smuggle alocohol or tobacoo they should go to jail and if they are 20 or younger then they should get till they are 30 years old so it will get out of thier system. they want to be cool and have cool friends becuase thier friends are doing alcohol and tobacoo.they should be able to live life then die over what they don't want to do. they should finish school and become what they always want to be. like a denist or a doctor or some thing.be cool by doing something right in life and tell others your secret.they will be amazed. they would do the same and it would start a chain reaction. lets do it for us and ebery one around us.lets be clean,healtly and safe!!DON'T DO ALCOHOL AND TOBACOO!! Those are my final words!!don't mess up your life and don't mess your family's life up.they would help you and they are the ones who gave you life don't mess up.
people are counting on you to do good and help others.
drugs are bad I dont feel sorry for people that do drugs because the know it is bad and still do drugs just to be cool and make them selves feel better
Tobacco and alcohol do a huge effect in your life. some people even die from getting mouth cancer.alcohol can even make your liver fail and then you will die. its just really stupid.SO DONT DO IT.
i dont think anyone should do drugs i mean y did anyone make them i just dont understand
Achohal is a bad thing. It makes you do things you are not proud of. it makes you drunk and you dont know what you are doing when your drunk, so bad things can happen. achohal can make a person be abusive both phisical, and mentaly. what ever you do, do not drink achohal if you dont want any of this to happen to you.
what alcohol is saying to you is your going to be a stupid person.
what tobacoo is saying is your going tohave yellow teeth and lung cancer
I think alcohol and tobacco is the worst thing ever. it can make you do stupid things. it is not goo for your lungs. it is also addicting, and you cant stop doing it. you act strang and woosy. It is not good and you sould never try achohol or tobacco. there are also other life threatning things. you could get lung cancer from smoking, and yellow teeth. alcohol can make you do things that you are not proud of, and you could die by drinking. you could get in a car reck from drunk driving, which is ilegal in ever state. this is why achohol and tobacco is not good for you, or anyone you know
I think that alcohol and drugs are stupid because it doesnt make you cool for one an for two it just messes up your life forever no matter if you quit or not your still adickted in some way and you can never go back and change what you have done!
alcohol and tobacoo should be illegal and should be out of the country and if some one should smuggle alocohol or tobacoo they should go to jail and if they are 20 or younger then they should get till they are 30 years old so it will get out of thier system. they want to be cool and have cool friends becuase thier friends are doing alcohol and tobacoo.they should be able to live life then die over what they don't want to do. they should finish school and become what they always want to be. like a denist or a doctor or some thing.be cool by doing something right in life and tell others your secret.they will be amazed. they would do the same and it would start a chain reaction. lets do it for us and ebery one around us.lets be clean,healtly and safe!!DON'T DO ALCOHOL AND TOBACOO!! Those are my final words!!don't mess up your life and don't mess your family's life up.they would help you and they are the ones who gave you life don't mess up.
people are counting on you to do good and help others.
i think alcohol and tobacoo are very harmeful drugs. shouldnt do those drugs just becuas your friends do it if you do take them your not just going to hurt your self but your family , friends and all those that you share the enviorment so think twice before you do something dum pleas everyone will thank you renemder drugs arent cool there dum and dangeres.
I know that smoking and drugs make u cool but really they don't. It's just a stupid thing that will mess up your whole life it's not a choice you want to choose it will make your face and body gross and no one will like you it's addicting and bad and don't abuse drugs they are bad and you won't feel good about your self my grandpa died at 53 and the doctor said it was the smoking if you want to be happy and secessful in school and life then don't abuse drugs DONT DO DRUGS AND STAY IN SCHOOL by chance green
People only make drugs for money and it's bad it ruins your whole life
I do think alchol and tobacco are stupid to consume under the legal age, and even at or above. But it does have other uses like alcohol cleans cuts to lower infection risk. I think they are bad if you become addicted or you can't control your consumption, but at the same time they shouldn't be destroyed from the face of the earth.
Achohol is not good at all. they get you drunk and you cant control what you do. you could also be abusive if you are drunk. you could be aggresive to. there are many things that achohol can make you do. you could also get yello teeth. did you know that many teens are dying from Achohol. it is not a good thing and if you or a friend that is not old enough to drink, then you and your friend sould think twice and not do it. Tobacco is a nother bad thing. It could make you get lung cancer. it is not good to have tobbaco. tobbac is one of the worst things ever. it can kill you a couple ways. you could get lung cancer from it. you could accedently swallow the juices and choke on the juice. it is also bad because teens are also dying from tobbaco and not just achohol. this is a serious matter and if you are to old to have tobbaco then you sould never do it until you are older, because you have you whole life to live, and what if you die tommarow chewing tobbaco? then you would have never seen the rest of your life. your life can be good, bad, or even both just never try achohal or tobbaco until your older, because you never know what could happen if you do drink achohal or chew tobbaco.
i think that if you smoke tobacco or drink alcohol your not smart i mean smoking tobacco makes your lungs black its really gross and drinking alcohol can not only kill you but if you drink and drive you can kill sombody else or if they live they will get hurt really badly and you will feel really guilty if your still living i think that if you smoke you should be ready to pay the cosiquences of possible cancer of the lungs gums and even your tongue gross huh today we in health experienced what it feels like to where beer goggles i still feel like im sick so now i know i will NEVER EVER DRINK so if you want to feel good for a couple hours then feel really bad the next day go ahead but you will regret it later so my advice is DONT GO NEAR TOBACCO OR ALCOHOL UNLESS YOU WANT TO PAY THE PRICE
STAY AWAY FROM TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL
I encourage people not to drink or use tobacco because I have had family members that have used them or are still using them. When I lived with my mom and her boyfriend jason when i was 5, Jason would drink and he still does.
my mom would go to work and he would drink beer on the couch and watch football. MY sister and i would help take care of our brother til my mom got home. every night my mom would come home and we would be hungry so she fed us and we went to bed. my point is "when you drink you dont think." I say this because while you drink you will be lazy tired and your brain wont function properly. most importantly it destroys your liver. my step dad used to chew tobacco and drink. tobacco made his teeth yellow and he made a habit of picking at his teeth. some of his teeth turned black and fell out. when he drank he was acting funny and he wasnt normal. he is better now and doesnt have a beer belly. i encourage you not to do tobacco or drink alcohol because it will destroy your life.
I think drugs and tabacco are really bad and people should know better than using alcohol and tabcco all your saying is "I want to ruin my life and die!" I have some people in my family that do tabacco and alcohol.One of my grandma's could die now. I think None of us should do alcohol or tobacco. Times will get harder over the next few years but you need to remember that there's always someone there for you whether it's a teacher, Parent,or friend, everyone has a person to lean on.Everyone should know we're way better then this "Come on RSMS we are better then tabacco and alcohol! I know some people give in to peer pressure but we should learn now to say NO!!! If you read the story on this blog then you know how dangerous it is. You could get in a car accident or do things you normally wouldn't do. Have you lost an important person in your life. I am sure it hurt very badly if you have. Don't do the same pain you suffered to other people.Don't destroy your life.
Don't give in to peer pressure
many people use drugs to make them feel cooler.but really its not helping anything because it could just lead to jail or it could also lead to death.if you chose to do drug that your problem.because when you start people will tell you its not safe and try to save you .if you listen you will save your life. even though it is legal dosen't mean you should use it cause your going to regret it when it come down to your consenquence.I SWEAR I WILL NEVER TOUCH A DRUG OR ALCOHOL BEVERAGE JUST TO LOOK COOL BECAUSE I KNOW I AM BETTER THAN THAT.AND I KNOW THAT MY LIFE ISN'T WORTH IT.
when you drink its stupid because you do stupid things and the next day you get a hang over and trust me they arent funn at all even try the drunk goggles and see thats what i did and now i have a hangover . tobacco isnt good as well it messes with your brain.
Well drugs and alcohol is stupid cuz ur gonna get hurt.Your friends will try nd help you but you wont want help!! Your family will abandon u!!! SO be smart and dont do drugs and drink alcohol!!!!
it will become a adicttion if you start doing alcohol and tobacoo
Alcohol and tobacco rot your teeth and can make you sick. Tobacco ruins and stains your teeth and gums to the point where if you use it enough, you dont have any teeth left, and when tobacco is smoked it turns your lungs black and restricts your breathing. Alcohol makes you tipsy and clumsy. Consuming to much alcohol can make you pass out, or kill you. Both kill brain cells and make it so your brain isnt working right any more, which basically means it makes you stupid. Just because friends start doesnt mean that you should because it doesnt make you cool, it just makes you look stupid and ruins your life, not to mention all of your family and friends. Niether one should be consumed in my opinion, even though they are both legal.
alcohol and tobacco is a druge that you use to be cool you can be cool even when you doint use alchol tobacco can make you hurt your family and friends even you.
alcohol and tobacco r stupid but then ya the people that do them r stupid but its there choice its their life but alot of people judge them which is wrong cuz u dont know what they went threw growing up maybe they watched people do it but ya they need to stop cuz its hurting them but sometimes they wont change and then after that u cant do anything to help them people shouldnt do it but it their life and u shouldnt judge them i think its messed up how people judge them for what they do u dont know what they grew up with
dont do drugs they will mess your life up and then u wont get to go to coloage
alcohol and tobacco is a bad influence on others.some people think its cool to do that stuff but its not.it messes with ur brain and does nothing more than hurt it.i think we should find a way to help not do alcohol and tobacco.it affect ur life and not just yours,others too..
it will make you mad and everybody else.
I think alcohol and tabacco are bad because they damage your body.
it ruins your life
i think its very bad for you and it can kill you and it can miss up your life!!!!
alcohol and tobacco should be burned and not be grown into the U.S. the presedent should do something about it so people don't get hurt and they should be parents if they are doing tobacco and drinking alcohol in front of kids and then thier kids will think it is safe to it and then the mom will let them. that is not right it is wrong to do that to kids and not take care of them and throw them on the streets so someone could rape them that parent should be jail for what he/she did. the child should be tooken away and until the parent/gaurdian comes clean about he/she did they should be responsible for what they did. parents should not do alcohol in the first place anyways.they should think of what they have done and should ask for help and be a good parent who takes care of them. i just want to say to people every where please please don't don't do alcohol or tobacco it is not fair to your family and to yourself. it is not right.
Yeah drugs r stupid and people do them but it doesnt mean there stupid it just means they made a bad choice in life. Everybody makes mistakes but all u got to do is help them threw it. Help them stop doing them cuz sometimes its easeir to stop when u have someone helping u stop. They do drugs doesnt mean there a bad person just did a bad thing like i said everybody makes mistakes and all u can do is help them and forget and move on cuz IT DOES NOT MEAN THEY R A BAD PERSON. THEY JUST MADE A MISTAKE.
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