Alcohol+and+Current+Scientific+Research

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Alcohol has been around for what seems like forever, but people research it, find astonishing results and reach amazing conclusions every day. Many things change; how people view alcohol changes, the age that people start consuming it, the amount we intake, the ways that alcohol is promoted and advertised and even what our alcoholic drinks are today.=====

(Michael Windle, Ph.D., [|http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-09/ace-acb090504.php)] Current Research shows that adolescent drinking rates peaked in the 1970’s, and since then that “record” was never beat, but teen drinking hasn’t been dropping for the past decade. The amount of alcohol consumed by teenagers is still at an “…unacceptable high level…” says Michael Windle, Ph.D.
 * Current Research #1**: __Down from the 70’s but not going “lower” for the last decade, young ones.__

“Prevalence of alcohol use among youth remains at very high levels, suggesting quite clearly the need for new and more-focused approaches to reductions in alcohol use,” said Michael Windle, professor of psychology and director of the Center for the Advancement of Youth Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

([|http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=1091)]
 * Current Research #2**: __Drink and Die = men x 2?__

Recent studies show that alcohol-related death rates have been increasing in the UK, going from 12.9 deaths per 100,000 population in 2005 to 13.4 in 2006. The numbers have almost doubled since 1991. Another interesting thing is that the alcohol-related death rates for men are twice as high as for women, making the men account for more than 2/3 of total deaths. The amount of deaths for men has been increasing throughout the years (1991-2006).

([|http://www.currentalcoholresearch.com/JStudAlc.html)]
 * Current Research #3**: __The Young; take a bottle and go mental__

Modern studies from the __Journal of Studies on Alcohol__ __Volume 66, Number 5, September 2005__ show that regular alcohol use among people from 12-16 years old is tied in with mental health problems in the future. Consuming alcohol at a young age increases aggressive behavior among teenagers. However, no patterns or differences were found in different genders.

([|http://www.currentalcoholresearch.com/JStudAlc.html)] Recent studies show that consuming alcohol and enhance marital satisfaction and increase interaction between spouses. Wives and Husbands who regularly drank alcohol together reported to be happier then the couples who did not. With time, the decrease of marital satisfaction is much greater for men then for women, but in a group of non-drinking and drinking-with-their-spouses wives, the drinking ones were more happy with their marriage overall.
 * Current Research #4**: __Honey, could you pass the beer?__

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Above Video: Research proves that children that consume alcohol before the age of 15 are five times more likely to have problems with alcoholism, compared to people who first drink at the age of 21 or later. Another statistic is that 20% of 8th graders have reported to being drunk in a survey conducted by The National Institue of Drug Abuse.

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Above Video: Filled with stats on drunk driving and teenage alcohol abuse.