Introduction and Description of Problem (APX 2 PAGES) 1) Statement of the Problem: (5 pts) Eighteen-year olds throughout the United States are considered legal adults in almost every way‚ with one notable exception: the privilege of having an alcoholic beverage. In every state‚ eighteen-year olds are legally permitted to drive‚ live as they choose‚ and work where they choose. Eighteen-year olds pay taxes as other adults do‚ are subject to all criminal and civil laws‚ and are punished‚ jailed and
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Should our 48 states keep the tobacco age limit at 18 years old or raise it to the age of 21? I believe that the age limit should be raised to the age of twenty one for obvious reasons‚ Cigarettes have been shown to be more addictive and harmful than alcohol which has an age limit of 21 so why wouldn’t we have an age limit on a leading cause of cancer and death? I also believe that we should make every attempt at preventing teenagers from smoking; Smoking is a life changing decision and it shouldn’t
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Marriage under 18 years old “She may do nothing against God’s will‚ but many things she must against her own will if her husband require her.” Population council said more than 51 million girls younger than 18 are already married in 2003. In the world teenagers are making a family when they are so young. God created and created family to feel happiness‚ rest and peace. Marriage was not men idea‚ only God’s idea. So God thought “To provide a helpful mate for Adam‚ it was not good that man should
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For sixteen years‚ teenagers look forward to the day they get the ultimate freedom: driving‚ but with this freedom there comes risks. Every day another life is lost to teen driving. Along with risking their lives‚ teenagers are also not mentally prepared to handle the consequences that could come with driving. They are not only putting their life at risk‚ but the lives of others. No mother or father wants to bury their child‚ and this would be less likely if the driving age was raised. The legal
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daily activity that has been ingrained in the American culture. The anticipated sweet sixteen unleashes a rush of emotions and excitement for many teens‚ but it releases a completely different rush of emotions for parents and adults. Giving a sixteen-year-old the keys to a car and freedom of the open road can be both convenient and terrifying for parents. If a parent had a choice between their child dying or having an inconvenience of driving them around‚ hopefully‚ they would choose to have an inconvenience
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Is the age of responsibility 25 years old?. What I will be talking be explaining is why the age of responsibility should be 25 years old. According to Alan Greenblatt‚” In 2009 most of the states issues were by people younger than 21 years old”. This is why I believe that the legal age should be 25 because at the age of 18 years old the brain is only half developed and at 25 years of age it is fully developed. And if this keeps up we will have more and more teens dying‚ and the percentage will just
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The people who are in the ages of 18 to 26 years years of age have the responsibility to be educated about the sake of becoming healthy‚ because every individual that are 18 through 26 are role models for young and elderly people. Many people look up to the 18 through 26 years of age because they have the power of voice to influence others. For instance‚ many people who are in college eat unhealthy because on campus there is a lot of food places for them to go out and eat. In the Sacramento Bee
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Should U.S. States Raise the Driving Age? Teenagers worldwide view the privilege of driving as a coming of age ritual. Recently‚ the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has called upon states to raise the driving age from sixteen to seventeen‚ or possibly even eighteen years old. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety‚ or IIHS‚ is a research group funded by the auto insurance industry. Research by the IIHS has shown that car crashes are the leading cause of death amongst teenagers
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Imagine being able to drive anywhere‚ without a parent‚ by the time you are 15. Unfortunately‚ here in Iowa‚ you are required to be 16 years old to get your own license‚ 15 to get a school permit‚ and 14 to get a regular permit. Why do we wait so long to finally let young adults drive wherever they want without adult supervision? Students struggle everyday with having to ride the bus‚ or even walking home from school. When they need to go somewhere‚ they need to have a parent to either drop them
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Robin November 23‚ 2010 For at least the last ten years‚ the issue of whether or not to raise the driving age to 18 years old has been a touchy subject on every level of the spectrum; from State Highway Safety Association to teenagers and everybody in between. Although everyone has some degree of approval that raising the driving age would be a good idea no one has really put forth the effort to actually have it come to pass. This has lead to the ongoing debate of whether it should even
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