It is a major aspect of our culture and many others, being used in religious ceremonies, for

celebration, and during common socialization, its presence is seen everywhere. "It" is alcohol.

Alcohol is the broad term that society gives to such drinks as wine, beer, and hard liquor because it

contains ethyl alcohol. Despite the fact that in the past century alone, alcohol has been denounced,

accepted, and outlawed, we still see alcohol everywhere in magazines, television, billboards, and

The effects of alcohol are numerous and reach a widespread of people in the following ways:

drunk driving accidents, fetal alcohol syndrome, liver disease, and increased risk of sexually

transmitted diseases. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, also called the

NIAAA, state in their article called "Alcohol Alert" that, "Alcohol contributes to 100,000 deaths

annually, making it the third leading cause of preventable casualty" (2). In addition, Gary Hopkins,

MD, director of The Center for Adolescent Behavior Research at Andrews University, found that

A 1998 study by a Washington advocacy group says that

not a problem with the advertisements being fun, but sometimes parents do not pay attention to what

of tobacco and alcohol in sports, say that most popular place for alcohol advertisements is during and

They demonstrate how the rich, sophisticated people drinking expensive wine to celebrate just being

Not only are alcohol advertisements targeted to sell products to the underaged, they also

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