Alcohol Should Be Illegal: Short And Long-term Effects

Alcohol is globally known for being naturally fermented sugars and its intoxicating characteristic is also one of the world’s most popular drinks. Alcohol dates as early as 2700 B.C. and was worshipped by Babylonians for the wine goddess. Consequently, with alcohol being a popular beverage regardless of race, gender or age, it is a fact that alcohol poses many health risks, brings about accidents and can even cause addiction so alcohol so I believe that alcohol be made illegal. Not a lot would agree with my statement, but let me show you why it should be based on the statistics found globally in cases involving alcoholism and addiction, reason for alcohol abuse and addiction or dependency, health risks for short and long-term effects of exposure and consumption of alcohol, preventive or rehabilitating measures for terminating alcohol consumption, and finally their respective counterarguments based on each claim. Some may be wondering why I jest at the idea of drinking alcohol, especially since most of my colleagues seem to be drinking them on a regular basis (mostly during Thursdays) and that as an adult male, I should have the balls to drink them and actually like them. Unfortunately, not all likes the fermented taste and even though I have the taste buds for them, I was and never will be fond of them. I have no allergies as well, just pointing it out, but to be frank, one of the primary reasons why I do not bother with alcohol is because I am a medical practitioner. I have seen some of my colleagues die because of binge drinking alcohol, reasoning that it helps alleviate their stress. While I agree that the drink helps you release endorphins so you would relax, it also clouds your critical thinking and physical ability or mobility for proper coordination therefore leading to accidents, uneducated muttering and sometimes even death. As a medical practitioner, I have also seen my fair share of drunken patients or guardians. I once even experienced getting attacked by a drunken patient because I pointed out how badly he was intoxicated. But regardless of my experiences with alcoholism, I also understand the frustrations and needs of a lot of people to consume it because of their own set of experiences since the real world can be a cruel, tiring and very frustrating place to live in. Taking a scientific approach on this matter, I wish to put emphasis first on the relationship between a person and alcohol. A classic study conducted by Abbey, Smith and Scott back in 1993 have said that alcohol consumption roots from two motives which tackle the etiological reasons for drinking. The first reason is so that people can cope with stress and the second one is due to peer influences. To further support their claims, more than 750 randomly selected individuals from Michigan who drink alcohol were interviewed. After further analysis, their claims were proven to be true and that social drinking was more frequent than stress drinking. Furthermore, due to social drinking, people are more inclined to drink more thus leading to heavy drinking and that the after effects lead to being prone of having drinking problems than heavy drinkers in coping with personal issues. Taking a look at these facts, it is clear that there is a problem not just because of...