Alcohol and its Effects

Zach Thomas
The Dangers of Alcohol

- Every year in the U.S. roughly 5,000 people under the age of 21
die from an alcohol-related incident including car crashes,
homicides, suicides, alcohol poisoning and other related injuires.
- About 178,000 people die from excessive alcohol use in the U.S.
each year.
- About 31% of all traffic crash fatalities in the United States
involve drunk drivers (with BACs of .08 g/dL or higher)
- Every day, about 37 people in the United States die in
drunk-driving crashes — that’s one person every 39 minutes
Addiction

- Alcohol is the most commonly used addictive substance in

the United States.
- More than half of all adults have a family history of alcoholism
or problem drinking, and more than 7 million children live in a
household where at least one parent is dependent on or has
abused alcohol.
- Roughly one in seven people in the United States (14.6
percent of the population) are expected to develop a
substance use disorder such as alcoholism at some point in
their lives
Know your Surroundings!

- Riley Strain - On a Formal with his

Fraternity brothers.
- Overserved Inside of bar
- Kicked out and friends didn't follow him.
- Lead to Riley missing for over two weeks.
- Riley’s body was later found in the local
river underneath a barge.
Overall

If you decide to drink, do it around people you trust, in places you are familiar with.

Never let anyone dictate what, or how much of what you drink.

Never get behind any wheel, intoxicated.

Work Cited

- https://madd.org/statistics/
- https://valleyhope.org/blog/alcohol/education/alcoholism-in-america-key-facts/?psafe_param=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwYSwBhDcARIsAOyL0fi1ubfLY_7Szjn6d7sF77h

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- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/death-riley-strain-missouri-student-found-nashville-river-continues-ap-rcna144936