forward to the day they turn 21 so they can legally consume alcohol. This drinking age was first introduced under the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984. Under this act‚ “all states were required to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21” (alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org). Although many adults enjoy alcoholic beverages‚ some individuals do not responsibly do so. For this reason‚ the drinking age should be raised to 25 due to the overwhelming amount of evidence
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University Students Drinking: The Role of Motivational‚ Social and Environmental Factors Shwetank Powar Christ University Despite the increased efforts in raising awareness about alcohol abuse and its negative consequences‚ there seems to be very little improvement in the situation among university students. University
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people saying: “So what! I had 3 beers and I can drive now. I am OK!” Well‚ he or he is not. Alcohol makes reaction slower‚ and we know that every second matters if you drive a car at 60 mph Police and news reports are known as the best sources for drinking and driving papers. You can also study legislative acts and statistic information. It will be very helpful if you present up to date stats on number of car accidents involving DUI. As already said‚ police reports can serve as a very informative source
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immense control over all body functions. A human brain has not fully developed until the age of 25‚ which is why the legal drinking age should not be at the age of 21. It gives off harmful alterations in the functions of the development of the brain and therefore doesn’t give the brain the full amount of time that it needs to grow. While the brain is still developing‚ drinking a heavy amount may cause damages to certain brain functions and have lasting health effects. Some examples to body functions
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Young teens are gambling their life away due to their weekend binge drinking habits. You have made some great statements throughout your article‚ however‚ without any in-text referencing you are limiting the quality of your article. Drinking alcohol is an inherent part of the Australian cultural‚ passed down from generation to generation. Australians are at the forefront of the drinking culture‚ with nation is ranked as number 15 in the world for alcohol consumption. Thus to even the most unobservant
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present today‚ but the adolescents of today have many different experiences than adolescents in the past. One such area is within work and leisure activities. The novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott‚ which is also a movie‚ features the lives of four adolescent girls‚ Meg‚ Jo‚ Beth‚ and Amy‚ who are growing up in the nineteenth century during the American Civil War. These four girls had very different experiences in adolescence than the adolescents of today. Today’s adolescents spend a lot of time
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to him‚ a different world every thirty minutes‚ which holds his attention. This now leaves him with no mental work to do‚ except to decide which channel he would like to watch. Since watching television requires no mental work‚ the brains of the adolescents that watch television are not stimulated enough. This may lead to a slower learning process‚ which would then explain my brother’s inability to memorize the multiplication table.
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The main issue is today’s society is underage drinking. There has been a lot of controversy on this subject from many different sides of the issue; there are some people who believe that the drinking age should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen years old as it was during the Vietnam war‚ the old-school mentality was “old enough to fight‚ old enough to drink.” The con side disagrees however stating that lowering the drinking age would bring about a rise in traffic accidents‚ and encourage young
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Independent Enquriy Study Title: The phenomenon of adolescents shopaholic in Hong Kong and Ways for prevention Introduction A shopaholic means a person is considered to be addicted to shopping. In Hong Kong‚ the ratio of adolescent suffering from shopaholic is keeping high‚ the figure will be shown in the report. The symptoms of shopaholic will appear in the age of adolescent and the early age of adult. As I am a student‚ an adolescent‚ I want to understand more about shopaholic from this
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reached the age of maturity as defined by law. As stated by law‚ anyone at the age of eighteen and above are considered an adult yet the age group between eighteen and twenty are unable to consume alcohol legally. The United States has the highest drinking age restriction compared to the entire world. According to the International Center for Alcohol Policies‚ the only country that comes close in comparison in the age restriction of alcohol is Japan and Iceland where it is currently restricted to age
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