Issue: Drink Driving, Lowering the Blood Alcohol Concentration limit to at least 0.02. Intro: The topic I will be discussing today is a problem that occurs not only on Australian roads, but on roads worldwide. It is the topic of drink driving. I will be arguing why the Australian government should lower the Blood Alcohol Concentration limit to at least 0.02 for full licenced drivers. Drink Driving is a serious offence that has MANY negative outcomes to it.
The stress of abuse could trigger chest pain or angina, and may be a factor in other serious heart problems. High blood pressure, breathing problems, stomach problems (ulcers), and panic attacks are common stress-related symptoms among older people who experience abuse. Other long term effects could be a loss of mobility, depression, anxiety, changes in behaviour, behavioural issues and negative relationships. Many adults experiencing abuse are isolated. Individuals who abuse adults often threaten, harass, or intimidate them.
Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms offer many advantages for Aboriginal people over traditional court proceedings. “Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities should be able to implement models in their own communities, which recognise traditional cultural values and traditional structures of decision making.” (Behrendt 1995, p.6) Behrendt also argues that alternative methods of dispute resolution should be developed that embody the cultural values of Indigenous people and are perceived as acceptable by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, these would be ideally and necessarily be developed by the Aboriginal communities themselves. “In Australia, Indigenous peoples recognise that real change in our situation requires a fundamental shift in the structures of power which will allow Indigenous people to regain control over their own lives.” (Poynton 1994, p.68) Dodson who is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner also argues “Genuine change will only occur when there is a genuine redistribution of
The Australian National Health Priority Areas highlight the seven major domains of health that most commonly affect Australians today. Each one reflects significant social and financial cost to Australian societies, and is therefore of national concern. Some diseases and conditions included in the seven Priority Areas are major causes of death in Australia, and others severely impact on the quality of life of individuals and their families. Australian governments, along with the National Health Priority Action Council, designated seven areas of health that were of greatest national concern. (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [AIHW], 2005).
Distractions are a threat to patient safety and are particularly detrimental to the performance of complex tasks that require higher levels of cognitive processing. Even minor distractions can impair performance and have a negative cascading affect that can result in major events such as wrong site surgery (Feil, 2014). Literature Review An analysis of events by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System reported 304 events occurring in the OR in which distraction and, or interruptions were indicated as contributing factors for compromised patient safety. The majority of these events were reported as errors related to procedures. Within this event type, surgery or
Who Is At Risk? Steps to Prevention Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious, preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans. The term “intimate partner violence” describes physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse. IPV is not limited to heterosexual relationships. It also occurs in same-sex relationships.
The term drug has a very broad definition but for the purpose of understanding the social problems drugs evoke it will be referred to as any substance that can affect a person physically, or psychologically, has the potential to be misused and can be harmful to the user or society. This definition covers both legal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco and illegal drugs such as marijuana and cocaine. Alcohol abuse in particular is a very serious social problem for which its severity is often overlooked when compared or categorized with illegal and/or more addicting drugs such as marijuana and cocaine. However the prevalence of alcohol use is apparent throughout the United States with average adults consuming nearly 22 gallons of beer, 2 gallons of wine and 1.5 gallons of liquor a year. According to the National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiological survey, 7.5 percent of adult Americans suffer from alcoholism or alcohol dependence.
To begin, the reason why people should know the effects of alcoholism because it cause changes in the human organism. The effect of alcoholism throughout the period of a human’s life is immense and even the less amount of alcohol may cause some changes. Inside the organism, is irreparable damage that can be made on the genetic level. Heavy abuse, causing disorders has unbelievably increased. All these changes throughout the period of the development of alcoholism dependency have caused mental disabilities and severe changes in the human body.
Individual smokers can be harmful not only to themselves but also to the people around them who in turn are coerced to become passive smokers. It can lead to serious illnesses and diseases such as cancer and can cause people numerous other problems. Smokers also harm the environment as harmful toxic substances such as carbon monoxide are released due to the consumption of a cigarette. This not only harms the ozone layer but also leads to air pollution which is also harmful to plant and animal life. Therefore, the negative impact of smoking can be felt in various components of the ecosystem.
One important effect is the damage you can do to your body. Drinking can lead to severe illness and even eventual death; some health consequences to consider might be liver disease, kidney failure and, for pregnant women, the loss of their unborn child. Another detriment is that an addiction could lead to drinking and driving; possibly causing a fatal car accident for either yourself and/or an innocent by stander. Another concern to consider is the relationships alcohol can destroy. Alcohol abuse can have very serious affect on a person’s temperament, which can lead to spousal and even child abuse.