As you can see, these are alarming statistics and something should be done about this problem before more lives are lost. Throughout the years, people have tried many different solutions to correct this such as instituting a drinking age and opening rehabilitation centers where people could seek help, however, none of these have seemed to decrease the number of people who begin drinking, it is just help for those who have already begun. This is why i propose we defeat the problem by starting at the source. We will spread awareness in schools of the effects alcohol has on the mind and body and why students should refrain from it. In addition to simply giving the students facts about alcohol abuse, schools would also teach the students how to use alcohol safely, assuming that not all of them will …show more content…
For starters hiring more officers costs money that the community does not have. The community we live in is small and does not have many businesses that pay tax to the city; therefore it does not have the funds to sustain new police officers. This also takes up more time because the officers will need to be trained. The police station would have to inform them on how to handle situations involving alcohol abuse. The police the community has now do poorly of controlling this issue; they tend to look the other way as long as noone or nothing is being harmed. Therefore hiring new cops without proper training would not help the problem, it would only cost the city