John. "Should You Drink with Your Kids?." Time 30 June 2008: 44. Middle Search Plus. Web. 23 Oct. 2013. This article argues that lowering the legal drinking age to 18 would be a smart choice. If it can’t be lowered then at least making a few alterations to the law would be smart. Alcoholic beverages are introduced to others at an earlier age in countries such as Italy‚ Greece‚ and France. And they tend to have fewer alcohol related problems than we do in the U.S. Learning to drink in safe and
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Twenty-One Is Here To Stay Most Americans would agree that underage drinking is a national health issue which must be addressed. Too many young adults perish every year from drunk-driving accidents‚ alcohol poisoning and other alcohol related incidents. The estimated social cost of underage drinking in America is fifty-three billion dollars a year (McCardell 1). According to a survey completed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ “Fifty percent of teens between twelve and sixteen
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Factors In Favor of and Against Khimley Young Critical Thinking and Problem Solving/ Hum 200 AOS Instructor Dr. Steven Mathews October 24‚ 2012 Lowering the Legal Drinking Age to 18: Yea or Nay Argument in Favor of Lowering the Legal Drinking Age The age of 18 is a transitional point in life. An 18-year=old can vote‚ marry‚ enlist in the military and buy cigarettes. To some it’s absurd that an 18-year-old can vote politicians into office and fight wars for the country but cannot
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Should alcohol drinking age be decreased of increased? In my opinion it should be decreased because if we are classified as an adult and we are allowed to get married and etc. Why are we not allowed to drink. Lowering the drinking age would teach kids how to be more responsible at a younger age. If kids are just cut off from things‚ they are just going to find a way around it anyway. Kids just need to learn to do things in moderation. Because unfortunate‚ adults aren’t responsible with
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Discuss ethical implications related to the PR issues Merriam-Webster defines ethical behavior as “the discipline dealing with what are good and bad‚ with moral duty and obligation” (Ethical‚ 2008). In the recent years it has been said that good ethics can mean good business. When it comes to reputation and public image an ethical business is better off than an unethical one. Ethical issues can be directly or sometimes indirectly from the strategic decisions that are made to meet public
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The legal drinking age should remain twenty-one. It should not be lowered because teenagers are not mature enough to drink responsibly. If you are allowed to have a credit card‚ provide for a family‚ and vote‚ you should be able to drink at the age it already is. We all know the consequences to what we do to our bodies‚ that is why we have choices. Drinking can be addicting just like coffee‚ cigarettes‚ medications‚ and body building. Teenagers are not mature enough for the drinking age to be lowered
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Why The Drinking Age Should Remain The Same Final Draft In 2009 it was reported that the 21- to 24-year-old age group had the highest percentage‚ 35 percent to be exact‚ of drivers in fatal crashes with blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) levels of .08 or higher (Steven C. Markoff). Coincidentally studies showed when the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) was lowered to 18‚ the fatalities in traffic accidents that were related to alcohol were decreased by nearly 7.5 percent. However‚ the argument
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table. Where do we draw the line? How old is old enough to be trusted with a drink that can so drastically warp one’s conscious thought? As of now‚ 21 years old is that line‚ in an effort to discourage young drinkers‚ stop drunk driving and binge drinking. But the attempt to constrict and criminalize alcohol is a primary source of these issues in and of itself. Allowing individuals to drink earlier on in their lives‚ but under safe‚ regulated conditions will teach our youth the dangers of alcohol
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The cons of lowering the drinking age The cons: There are many dangers and potential problems with lowering the drinking age. The states of Massachusetts‚ Michigan and Maine lowered the drinking age‚ and then experienced a slight increase in alcohol related crashes among the 18 to 20 year old age range. Desired results? Hardly. What about insurance companies? The law may recognize the age being lowered‚ but insurance might not. The rates of drivers 21 years old and younger would skyrocket
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Draft #4 Increasing the drinking age from 18 to 21 caused a lot of debate. Many believed it would have done more good than it actually has done. Lesley Stahl‚ the CBS journalist‚ once said‚ "It hasn’t reduced or eliminated drinking. It has simply driven it underground‚ behind closed doors‚ into the most risky and least manageable of settings." As Stahl states‚ the drinking is “underground” to an extent and very visible in universities. Underage drinking‚ and drinking in general is very visible
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