Teen driving is a very exciting stage in a young teens life and for the parents as well. Teens are able to drive themselves to places for example school, work, or for pure enjoyment. When there is a good there is also a bad. In this case, the bad is the amount of teen deaths caused by crashes. As said in the text “ Crashes are the leading cause of death among American teens.” My views on teen driving have been confirmed since reading this text. First, The Dark side of driving is that many teens are
the life of teens and contribute to teen accidents, homicides, and suicides. About 47,000 Canadian deaths are linked to substance abuse annually According to Health Officer's Council of British Columbia. As generations pass drug use is getting more common and casual among teens. Teens as young as 13 have already tried drugs more than once as powerful as cocaine, says the drug statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Teens believe that by trying a drug once won’t cause them any harm
“Should Alcohol Be Banned?” The Marijuana Tax Act, was passed in 1937 stating that marijuana is dangerous to the body and can cause individuals to harm others. This became a gateway to other drugs like: cocaine, heroin and ecstasy to be banned, yet alcohol is one of the most abused substance and still legal. It has too much power, in which it can control people’s inhibitions and actions in a negative way, not to mention the health risk and decomposition of one’s body. Alcohol is detrimental to mental
treated in hospital emergency rooms for basketball-related injuries. • Baseball and softball. Nearly 110,000 children ages 5 to 14 were treated in hospital emergency rooms for baseball-related injuries. Baseball also has the highest fatality rate among sports for children ages 5 to 14, with three to four children dying from baseball injuries each year. • Bicycling. More than 200,000 children ages 5 to 14 were treated in hospital emergency rooms for bicycle-related injuries. • Football. Almost 215