Are Teen Parties Really Worth It?
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Are Teen Parties Really Worth It?
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January 27, 2012 • Abigail Potvin, Staff Reporter
Filed under Opinions, Top Stories
Parties have a certain essences to them, they are fun and exciting like a rush of happiness, but sometimes there is a sour twist. These twists can sometimes be fatal or life altering fates that can possibly never be taken back or reversed making people’s life’s forever changed by one simple party. There are chances that some parties host toxic guest that lead to fatal, paralyzing, or scary outcomes.
The most common life changer that invites themselves to parties and prays on the innocence of teenagers with an outcome that seems most common seen is alcohol from hard liquor to beer. This factor can lead to many severe results to these “fun” filled parties. Most teenagers when attending parties is there first time being exposed to alcohol at their access, making their tolerance low for these intoxicating liquids. With this low tolerance and being around people with a tolerance can lead to catastrophic endings. For example, the possible danger to underage drinking is alcohol poisoning which can lead to a painful night at the hospital getting your stomach pumped or even death. With this danger of alcohol poisoning, why do teenagers take the risk of drinking as much as they do when they attend parties? According to Taylor Severson, “I enjoy parties, but I’m responsible and I understand the implications of my actions.” This depicts the ideal of teenagers knowing their limits and being wise with their choices.
Another big contributing danger that occurs at parties is drug abuse, as varying drugs cause various outcomes. Either way these drugs can lead to stupid decisions or even an overdose. With the mixture of friends and the access to drugs at these parties can be lethal because of peer pressure teenagers feel the need to keep up or over shine there friends only to keep their “status” in their cliques. We learn over and over how to turn down drugs and avoid drinking, but how effective are these tactics and everyone learns them in your school. When talking to Leah Mayfield who chooses to avoid those parties by saying, “I like parties, but the non-alcoholic and drug free environment ones. I wouldn’t want to put myself in that situation.” This shows the choices some teenagers make, now is the task of every teenager getting these ideals.
A devastating problem at parties, although often not seen, is date rape. This can happen when a person takes advantage of someone because their abilities are impaired by alcohol and are then forced to engage in sexual activity with another or the force them to do something they don’t want to do. This can be very scary, and what is that person who experiences that supposed to do when and sometimes that can ruin your reputation more than just staying sober at party. Some people knowing the consequences Jessica Loomis says, “I think they should know their limits and have better control of their intake and actions.” When students know to either not drink at all or how to avoid the situation they should because date rape can be devastating, but most definitely can be avoided by making responsible choices.
These are only a few of the consequences that teenage parties have, even though most commonly teenagers can void these certain situations they choose to avoid the consequences and continue to attend these toxic parties. With these consequences stated clearly they still want to engage in these parties. So, be careful all teenagers who choose to go to parties with drugs and alcohol. Better yet, try to avoid that kind of situation altogether.
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