Month: January 2012

Although legal drinking age in the United States is 21, but students all around the country are so ecstatic for the concept of drinking that they abuse the use of alcohol. Drinking has become a norm in a number of families. The Growing Culture of Drinking in the United States: Whether the gathering is for Christmas dinner, thanksgiving, New Years, and bridal showers or even for baby showers and birthdays, alcohol has become a choice for beverage among the adults and seemingly among the youngsters as well. The notion has been hyped so much so that today a number of homes have bars. All this socializing and the use of alcohol has become a fast “drinking culture.” According to the studies of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) it has been reported that out of every six one U.S. adult is binge drinker, which means that an average male can take up to five drinks or more at a time. Reasons behind the Building up of Drinking Culture among the People: If you wonder, why people today have the tendency to booze it up so frequently, here are a list of things that have encouraged this behavior: You Catch On Things You See On The Screens: Television, media, commercials are all the reasons for promoting the hyped drinking trend. According to a study, published in the journal “Alcohol and Alcoholism,”...