Discussion essay

THE "BOTELLON" ISSUE

It is a place where many young people are aged 15 and above meet to drink alcohol, smoke, take drugs at  weekends. In Granada this place is very popular;  it is located next to the highway and Hipercor.



On the one hand this idea is fine, as this is more controlled and young people do not drink in the rest of the city, and this place is usually controlled by the police, although there are always problems. But it is also a good idea, as the drinks in bars or nightclubs are very expensive.



But this place is always very dirty especially when the spring festival, to which thousands of people attend there are also many children who are not supposed to drink and police do not fine very often.


I think it is a very problematic issue, as  you can only find people drinking, smoking, taking drugs or people in fights.
But most of the time it is OK.

Young People drink too much Alcohol at weekends

There are two important reasons why young people drink alcohol at weekends.

A young person if her/his friends drink, she drinks too because it is the best way to make a lot of friends and you get on well with people. Although this isn't true: alcohol doesn´t make you nice, alcohol can make you stupid!

Another reason is because of shiness. They think that if you drink, you won't be shy and you will speak about anything, but under the effects of alcohol you don't think coherently.

Drinking alcohol is very bad, alcohol can damage your health. If you want to enjoy the evenings and have good weekends, you just have to be you. You can have a good time doing things such as going to the cinema, going to the park and playing cards...