My group is called Baruch Nation Wide, a group that focus on nation’s news, and we decided to discuss the issue of alcohol abuse. I found two articles on New York Times that are related to that topic. The first one was about peer pressure on drinking. We always think that we make rational decisions for ourselves, but what we do not realize is we learn from others. Peer pressure has always been the case to study. When being asked by how much do their peers drink in the party, students always overestimate the numbers, and they drink more because they think their peers are also doing the same thing. Not only we don’t realize how fast we are influenced by others, but we also like to deny this fact. Surveys have done to show that most students have this wrongly thinking. To help their students to drink less when they party, universities’ staffs have told them that others are actually drink less than they think, and the numbers of alcohol abuse did decrease. The second article was about how our bodies can be affected by drinking. As we age, our bodies can have stronger reactions to the same amount that we drink before. Doctors discussed that our body water decrease when we become older, and the concentration of alcohol stays in our bodies longer. There were also other effects can harm us when we drink alcohol. There are universities still trying to cut down the numbers of alcohol abusers, because accidents can always happen, but it is also students’ responsibilities to take care of themselves. Think, before you drink.