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Virtual Science Fair |
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By Joe Span |
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Over 60% of teen fatalities are due to drunk driving. |
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Ethanol “Teens at risk” |
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Alcohol and Teens According to www2.canada.com’s 2003 survey to teens, 34% of 13 year olds and 58% of 15 year olds have consumed alcohol before in Canada. For students in Grades 11 and 12 at the school, 87% of the students have consumed alcohol. M.A.D.D. (mothers against drunk driving) conducted a survey to show how big the problems with teens and underage drinking are.
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Alcohol impairs a persons’ judgment and the reaction time which is crucial to driving. Driving is not a difficult task in a regular frame of mind, however when the focus is impaired simple things like distance perception and steering corrections become difficult or impossible to do. In 1993 it was claimed that 40% of all America’s traffic fatalities between 15-20 were alcohol related, in 2006 it raised to 60%. |
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“PRLog (Press Release) – May 30, 2008 – Zephyr Dresser-Peck was with two other teens at 5:40 a.m. when they left an after-prom party on Maverick Road in Woodstock. Killed in the crash was Andrew Dean-Lipson, 19, also of Woodstock. Authorities had said Dresser-Peck’s car ran across the road, where he overcorrected, went off the road, became airborne and struck several trees. Dean-Lipson was thrown from the car and pronounced dead at the scene. A third boy in the car was apparently not seriously injured. Dresser-Peck was sentenced in Ulster County Court in Kingston. Because of the large number of people who attended the sentencing, it had to be moved to a larger room. Several of those in attendance were part of, or in support of, a new group called AWARENESS alcohol program that supports education and community service as an alternative to hard prison time in cases like this.” (taken from http://www.johnson-law.com/fatal-auto-accident.htm) |
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"The survey results show that the public mistakenly thinks the youth drug problem is worse than the youth alcohol problem, despite research and statistics that show more youth are drinking and dying due to alcohol than all other illicit drugs combined," said Glynn R. Birch, MADD national president |
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The purpose of this experiment/ research project was to find out how aware we are about the effects of alcohol on teens. There are many effects of alcohol that people don't realize. Most people think that most to all of alcohol’s negative effects come from chronic use and overdose; however they happen to be very wrong. While under the influence of alcohol people make decisions that stick with them for the rest of their lives, or can actually bring an end to their lives. |
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