Alcohol

The fascination with alcohol especially with teens is that they want the feeling that alcohol first gives you. Another reason teens may resort to alcohol is that they do it to look cool, or to fit in and they don't understand the effects teen drinking has on them. And the last reason that I can think that teens would drink is to take away their problems and they go to alcohol to settle their problems. Alcohol is definitely not healthy for your body. It breaks down the liver, increases the risk of arthritis, increases the risk of cancer in the liver, pancreas, rectum, breast, mouth, pharynx, larnyx, and esophagus, causes physical and behavioral abnormalities to the fetus, raises blood pressure, blood lipids and the risk of a stroke and heart disease in heavy drinkers. Heart disease is generally lower in light to moderate drinkers. It raises blood glucose and it can lower blood glucose, especially to people that have diabetes. It enlarges the kidneys, alters hormone functions, and increases the risk of kidney failure. It also causes fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. It increases the risk of protein-energy malnutrition,; low intakes of protein, calcium, iron, vitamin A, vitamin C, thiamine, vitamin B6 and riboflavin, and impaired absorption of calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D and zinc. It causes neuropathy and dementia and impairs balance and memory. It increases energy intake, but not a primary cause of obesity. And last it causes depression, anxiety, and insomnia. I don't think alcohol should be banned because the people who don't abuse it shouldn't have to be punished for the one's who don't.