What Should the Legal Drinking Age Really Be? Throughout the years in American history‚ alcohol has always been debated. It has been debated on whether or not to even allow its consumption in the United States‚ and what age is appropriate for Americans to start drinking alcohol. Many people believe that one is not mature enough to handle alcohol at any age below twenty-one‚ because they will abuse it. This leads them to believe that the current legal drinking age should stay at twenty-one. However
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to drive. Driving causes 1.3 million accidents per year. That’s about 3287 deaths a day. If you didn’t die‚ 20-50 million people become injured or disabled. Most people who suffer from driving are young adults. So should we higher the driving age to 18 or 20? As much as most young adults can’t wait to be behind the wheel‚ safety can be a real issue. Are the car crashes really worth it? Car companies are trying to create a car that stops on its own when the person is about to crash‚ but not many
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Driving for many teenagers is there first passage to freedom‚ nothing is more exciting to many teens than becoming the legal age to drive. In the United States‚ most states legal age limits are set somewhere between 15 to 17 yrs old‚ each state having there own licensing process often with some type of probationary period before teens can obtain a full license. Recently law makers in Florida‚ Georgia‚ Delaware‚ Illinois‚ and Massachusetts have debated raising the legal driving age. Many of them agreeing
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accidents. I believe this because if you wait till you’re 18 it would still be new and so it would be just as dangerous as a 16 year old driving. If you get a GDL you still get the freedom and privileges‚ but they also gain more experience. I also believe this because raising the driving age just gives us more complications. Therefore I believe the GDL’s are safer‚ way better‚ and‚ more effective. My first reason id because waiting till you’re 18 doesn’t mean you have more experience it still the same
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Kristi Patterson WR-115 Fall 2010 Mr. Carver Legal Minimum Drinking Age 18 75% of students have consumed alcohol by the end of their high school career (Clapp‚ 288). Prohibiting the sale of liquor to young adults ages 18-20 creates an uncontrolled atmosphere where alcohol abuse has come to the point of being fatal. Young adults cannot learn how to drink safely and in moderations in these uncontrolled environments that the law has lead them into. We have seen what happens when drinking is banned
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about turning 18 because it means adulthood‚ running off to college‚ and gaining freedom. When turning this age‚ you are allowed to join the military‚ get married and receive all the rights and responsibilities of an adult. However‚ having a wedding at this age means that during the celebration‚ one is not allowed to share a glass of Champaign during the toasts because the drinking age is 21. The United States is one of the few countries in the world to have such a high legal drinking age. Therefore
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Lowering the Drinking Age to 18 It’s your 18th birthday and your finally a legal adult. Immediately you can smoke cigarettes‚ vote‚ be a jury member‚ even join the military and fight for your country. But don’t think about a having a beer at your going away party the night before you depart for the Middle East. No‚ you will have to wait until your 21. As an American citizens we are given many responsibilities at the age of 18. One of them not being the ability to consume alcohol. So I believe
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or consume alcohol? The alcoholic drinking age should be lowered to age eighteen because at that age you are responsible‚ mature‚ and it will help send the right message. Society states that eighteen year olds can not handle alcohol because they make a lot of mistakes so therefore they are “irisponsible “. If you start to drink at age eighteen or twenty one your tolerance is still going to be the same. So in that case it does not matter what age you start to drink because you do not know how
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in the wonders of teenage life. I dont agree with the common view that teenage is the most beautiful age in the life of a man. I believe in the fact that teenagers are the ones who undergo most of the sorrows and dissatisfactions of life. While teenagers‚ the immature adults‚ move on with time‚ they face many challenges and problems. As they are those who are midway between childhood and adulthood‚ the changes in their mental abilities bring about a revolution in their calm and peaceful world. The
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involve teen drivers? Well‚ they do and something needs to be done about it. A couple of suggested ideas are that the driving age should be changed to 18‚ or to have graduated licenses (GDL’s). Instead of waiting until teenagers turn 18‚ it would be better to have GDL’s so that they have more driving experience‚ they would have a shorter waiting period than waiting until they are 18‚ and there would be more checkpoints to see how capable they are to drive. These are all reasons there should be GDL’s.
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