Debate
1) Supervision reduces drunk driving
2) Many teenagers have died because of unsupervised drinking
by charlie Gillis on tuesday, June 2, 2009
by charlie Gillis on tuesday, June 2, 2009
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/special-populations-co-occurring-disorders/underage-drinking-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age --your laws.ca ..http://yourlaws.ca/legal-drinking-age-british-columbia
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/02/should-you-let-your-kids-drink-at-home/
by charlie Gillis on tuesday, June 2, 2009
Did you know that Harvard psychiatry professor George Vaillant, found that men who grew up in families where alcohol was forbidden were seven times more likely to be alcoholics than those who came from families that served wine at meals ? (published in 1983)
by charlie Gillis on tuesday, June 2, 2009
Did you know that Harvard psychiatry professor George Vaillant, found that men who grew up in families where alcohol was forbidden were seven times more likely to be alcoholics than those who came from families that served wine at meals ? (published in 1983)
Good afternoon, honorable judge, unworthy opponents and fellow classmates. My comrade and I are going to respectively prove that underage drinking should be legal. My partner has just showed you two contentions; unsupervised drinking can lead to unprotected sex and pregnancy, and also can lead to alcohol poisoning and a general unsafe environment for teenage drinkers. I will be showing you how supervision reduces drunk driving and how many teenagers have died/been injured because of unsupervised drinking.
To commence, a article in the "Mcleans magazine" "should you let your kids drink at home?" there is a mother, Chris Sieger, who "knew her son Sean would party hard the night of his graduation—and she knew she’d start worrying the moment the door clicked shut behind him. So the Calgary mom took matters into her own hands, inviting the entire class of 2007 from Sean’s small high school to her acreage west of the city for the post-convocation bash". There, with the help of a couple of other parents, she assembled an environment for teenage boozing that Elmer the Safety Elephant himself might have endorsed “. When the kids got there, she made them hand over their keys , so she knew no one could drink and drive. She said "we had a barbecue. We gave them some fruit. We set out cases of water so they wouldn’t get dehydrated". Most of the teens slept in tents in the backyard ,she said. She then said we told them all that if at any point they didn’t feel comfortable they would be allowed to come in to the house. Now wouldn't you say this is a much safer environment ? Now wouldn't you say that every responsible parent would do the same ? Now wouldn't you say that this would lower the deaths of underaged drinking ? If my mother new this was the environment i would be drinking at she wouldn't be as worried as if i were somewhere up in the bushes. Im sure most parents would agree with my mother.
My second contention, is that unsupervised drinking leads to more deaths/injuries than supervised drinking this is supported from "a 2004 survey by researchers at Wake Forest University in North Carolina found that teens who engage in some drinking with their parents were only one-third as likely to indulge in heavy drinking as those who don’t". This shows that when there is supervised underage drinking it lowers the risk of "heavy drinking" which can lead to alcohol poisoning, mental health and physical health. Which lowers the overall factor of death. Another study shows that "Supervised drinking, may be reducing the risk of physical injury, says Candace Lind, a nursing professor at the University of Calgary". This is another example of how supervised drinking can lower the injuries and deaths of underage teens.
Now how are you supposed to tell me that supervised underage drinking shouldn't be legal? When those perfectly show that it is overall safer and can reduce mental and physical health. You just cant! Plain and simple.
Now how are you supposed to tell me that supervised underage drinking shouldn't be legal? When those perfectly show that it is overall safer and can reduce mental and physical health. You just cant! Plain and simple.
1) Would you say that supervised underage drinking is safer then unsupervised drinking?
2) If you had a son or daughter would you want her/him to be supervised when he/she drinks or unsupervised ?
3) Would you say that most teens underage drink?
4) Would you say that most parents or guardian would worry more about there kids when there is no supervision compared to when there is supervision while underage drinking?
5) Would you say that supervised underage drinking is a more controlled environment?
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