Killing Kids
Alcohol is the fifth Most dangerous drug Known to man
Tobacco is ninth
Heroin and cocaine was ranked the most dangerous
followed by barbiturates and street methadone.
Alcohol was the fifth most harmful drug and tobacco the ninth most harmful.
Cannabis came 11th, while ecstasy was near the bottom of the list.
Each year, more than Ten thousand people aged between 16 and 24, die as the result of alcohol use.
In the past ten years, the average amount that children drink has doubled. 50% of all 16 year olds admit to binge drinking. The average age when children first try alcohol is 11 years for boys and 13 years for girls.
What makes children drink?
There are many reasons why children turn to alcohol. It may be as a way of coping with stress, anxiety or depression. The child may have faced serious life- changes such as death of a parent or sibling or they may have suffered sexual abuse. Although, peer pressure is a leading cause with the general view that drinking is cool.
Other teenage drinkers may have grown up with a parent who drinks.
Advertising and packaging of many very strong Alcoholic drinks is aimed at the young element. We have all seen the way Alcoholic drinks are sold and packaged these days they are targeted at kids
What the Future Holds
Alcohol is a powerful mood-altering drug and poses as a very serious health risk for children. Alcohol abuse can lead to increased sexual activity, exposure to S.T.Ds, suicidal and violent behaviour, injury and even death.I was recently told by friend of a young girl 16 years of age who drank some of these good looking well designed very strong alcoholic drinks we have all seen colourfully on show to attract the younger market
She choked on her vomit and the brain lost supply of oxygen for a time, she is currently on a life support; machine and the parents have been recommended to allow the doctors to switch that off
For her and for all our children
Please support a government health warning on all alcoholic drinks.
Alcohol takes more lives and causes more violence and is the cause of so much crime then tobacco ever did
Maybe just maybe children would think twice if they saw the warning on the bottle We were not given the opportunity of thinking twice there was no warn warning and down out necks it went
The young girl mentioned above sadly passed away September 2007
