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Describe the influences on young people that may be leading to the type of risk taking behaviour occurring in scenario 500 words

In this scenario there are many influences on young people that lead to risk taking behaviour these include fear of exclusion ,media influence and role models.
One of the influences that encourages young people to engage in risk taking behaviour is the the fear of exclusion or being ostracized by their peers.
Exclusion Is ‘ the act of not allowing someone to take part in an activity or to enter a place’, it is evident that with young people, feeling the need to belong and have a solid identity is an important factor in adolescence. It is normal for a young person to believe by not participating in behaviours that are seen as “cool” that they may be excluded and not invited to future events. Exclusion and the fear of not fitting in are two crucial components that lead to risk taking behavior particularly in young adolescents ,peer pressure from friends and other party goers can influence and affect a person's mentality and morals in order to fit and feel apart of the crowd, something as simple as wanting to feel accepted can make any person do things they wouldn't normally try. Link ..

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Alcohol intoxication also knowns and alcohol poisoning can take place when a person drinks a large amount of alcohol over a short period of time when the blood alcohol consumptions is too high it is considered toxic. A body can only process one drink per hour any excess with increased levels of BAC which is the amount of alcohol in a person's blood, the greater the BAC the higher the chances are of being poisoned , whether you stop BAC levels continue to rise which can result dehydration , seizures vomiting low body temperature and in serious circumstances affects in nerves that control breathing and heartbeat to stop resulting in lethal