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A few months ago some of my friends were at a college party. In that party there were all kinds of alcohol beverages. Everybody was drinking since the begging of the party. My friends had been drinking for several hours until the party was over. When they decided it was time to go, nobody was physically able to drive; they were very drunk. Pedro, who thought he was sober, decided to drive everybody home. After a few blocks, struggling to take control of the car, Pedro lost control and they crashed. In that terrible accident one of the passengers died. Pedro was so depress that he did not go out of his house for several months. This is a sad story and a perfect example of what can happen when alcohol and imprudence are mixed. According to The Institute of Alcohol Studies, “in [the year] 2000”, “the number of casualties increased by 10 per cent”, “there were 18,000 drink-drive casualties”. Furthermore, according to the National Institute of Health, “Available research indicates that approximately 80 percent of college students drink and that half of college student drinkers engage in heavy episodic drinking”. Alcohol can cause several damages, which can lead to the death of the person drinking. Students should be m