The Tax Cheapo

If we can stop teens from ever experimenting with drugs and alcohol in the first place, maybe we can lessen the unfortunate possibility in the future of needing to research Adult Addiction and Substance Abuse Information on their behalf. A movie that made an impression on me as a teen, which I recommend for older teens, with parental guidance, due to its rating and content, is Fatal Beauty starring Whoopi Goldberg. In this film, many lives were tragically taken by tainted illegal drugs. It is a commercial film, not a documentary, so it has an element of “entertainment” yet sends a clear, resounding message: It is very dangerous and potentially fatal to experiment with substance abuse – even just one time.

Because alcohol is one of the few legal and most easily obtainable addictive substances, alcohol addiction is one of the most common addictions in existence. Those looking for Adult Addiction and Substance Abuse Information may not even be aware at first that alcohol is considered a drug, but it is, and a highly addictive one indeed. In comparison to illegal drugs, alcohol is quite cheap, also contributing to its high availability for abuse. Depending on tolerance levels, it doesn’t take much alcohol, either, for this “downer”, as it is categorized among drugs, to achieve its desired effect. Though alcohol can be equally as dangerous as over-the-counter medications, unfortunately, its purchase is not equally regulated.