Alcohol Abuse

Alcohol Abuse
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The number of alcoholics and health complications developing as a result alcohol abuse have risen over the years especially among the young adults in America. Cheng, Kaakarli, Breslau, and Anthony in their journal evaluate the data collected over a period of ten years and provide a detailed report indicating a positive change in alcohol use and alcohol use disorders in the country with a decade. They consider nationally recognized statistical data and report group in two phases, that is, 2001-2002 and 2012-2013. They assess the reasons behind the rising cases of alcohol use and alcohol-related disorders with the decrease in moral standards and poor implementation of laws limiting illegal alcohol consumption in the country. Their research reveals a relationship between the rise in alcohol use and alcohol use disorder. Moreover, they explain the rising trend of both alcohol use and alcohol addiction problem among young adults and the old in the United States. Their research is well organized providing the approved references and sources of data when validating their arguments.
Keywords: alcohol, disorders, moral, addiction

Alcohol Abuse
In their research, Cheng, Kaakarli, Breslau, and Anthony (2018) report a rising trend in the use of alcohol and case of alcohol use disorders in the United States based on the surveys collected by other researchers between 2001 and 2014.
According to the previous surveys collected by Cheng, Kaakarli, Breslau, and Anthony (2018) there is a substantial rise in alcohol abuse in the United States each year since 2001.

The number of teenagers consuming alcohol has risen in response to the poor implementation of rules and regulation restriction illegal consumption of alcohol. Some of the causes of the rising number of alcohol users include most parents opting not to restrict the children from consuming alcohol at a young age. Moreover, there is an increasing trend of adults drinking alcohol across the country in the presence of the young adults thus influencing more teenagers to use alcohol.
According to Levin & Lillis (2011), most alcohol users across of the country have consistently abused alcohol despite several health campaigns against alcohol abuse in the country. As a result, the case of alcohol-related disorders such as liver cirrhosis is common among both eh young and the old. The figure is more among the young teenagers contrary to the data a few years back when more old people were diagnosed with liver problems. Moreover, there is a rise in the mortality rates of alcohol users in the country as a result of alcohol-related disorders. Most of the deaths according to several researchers are caused by liver-related complications such as liver cirrhosis.
In summary, the research provides valid statistical proof that indeed the percentage of alcohol abuse and cases of alcohol-related disorders are more prevalent in the country than a decade ago.
Reference
Cheng, H. G., Kaakarli, H., Breslau, J., & Anthony, J. C. (2018). Assessing Changes in Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorder Prevalence in the United States: Evidence from National Surveys from 2002 through 2014. JAMA Psychiatry, 75(2), 211-213.
Levin, M. E., & Lillis, J. (2011). Substance abuse. In Stepped Care and e-Health (pp. 115-136). Springer, New York, NY.