driving fatalities. Then‚ in 1984‚ Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act‚ which stated that states must raise the minimum drinking age to 21 by 1986‚ or they will lose ten percent of their federal highway funding. This act shows just how serious of an issue youth drinking had become. As a result of this‚ there has been a dramatic decrease in drunk driving deaths. Today‚ the debate on what the minimum drinking age should be has become an important question in today’s society. It is
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Underage drinking is a serious widespread health problem in the United States and is a widely used substance of abuse. Underage drinking is also associated with binge drinking. This poses enormous health and safety risks and the consequences can affect everyone and this mostly affects people from 12-20. Binge drinking is very risky and can lead to further drug abuses and addiction‚ brain damage‚ irrational and ignorant‚ and more importantly‚ your health. This is why young teens should not drink
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wife leaves him‚ and he has to find places to stay at night. Despite these struggles‚ he is determined to succeed and has a positive attitude. This helps Gardner at getting a prestigious job and Dean Witter and finding true happiness. In Weltner’s essay‚ a girl named Adrienne used some poor judgment and ended up having no backup support system. There are many ways to become homeless other than drug addiction and mental illnesses. For this reason‚ we need to continue programs to help our homeless
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attention in class because of all the distraction the internet and cell phones cause. What happened to the old fashioned notebook and pencil in class? Instead we use laptops to type down some notes and google any questions. Searching for research on an essay is all in one very simple search engine. The Internet has been and continues to be a wonderful source of information and resources. It gives us the ability to pay bills‚ do research for a school project‚ purchase items not available at your local store
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The Minimum Drinking Age Should Remain at 21 INTRODUCTION: Imagine a man who is in his mid-forties‚ he has a nice house and nice car‚ with 2 beautiful children‚ ages 14 and 18. He is one of those parents who has done everything and anything for his kids‚ as any parent would. He has gone through all the hard times of raising them and taking care of them‚ and they are almost on that brink of becoming adults. Then one Friday night‚ he gets a call at 2:45 in the morning. It’s the police. They start off
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PAOLA RODRIGUEZ 2010-1556 CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAY EFFECTS OF THE USE OF LSD: LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) a.k.a “acid” is an illegal hallucinogenic drug‚ which is widely used throughout the world. It is mainly used for the “trips” or potent hallucinations that it causes. Researchers aren’t entirely sure what the exact effects of LSD are on the brain‚ or how it manages to induce the hallucinogenic effects that it does‚ but we will learn more about those that are more obvious. Nevertheless‚ it
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Kaiti Potoczny Intro to Comp Jay Darland Due 12-9-13 Essay 2 Abortion Abortion can be a very heated topic in the world and there are many people who are against it. I chose to write my paper on abortion because I have very strong feelings against abortion and I think it is wrong in many ways. Abortion has cons and pros just like every other topic‚ but to be honest‚ in this topic there should not be one single person allowed to take away an innocent life. Let alone the fact that the doctors performing
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Crucible Argument Essay People have different perspectives of the importance of life. Some believe there are some things worth dying for in life such as faith‚ legacy‚ friends‚ and family. Some believe that life is too precious to sacrifice. John Proctor believed that his life was worth sacrificing and he chose to die in The Crucible. Though the character of Proctor is often praised for his integrity‚ is he helping his family by dying? His wife‚ sons‚ and unborn child will have to make it in the
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Underage drinking has been a major issue in the United States and can be severely solved by just simply lowering the drinking age by 3 years and will drastically reduce the thrill of breaking the law for teanegers. Teenagers are rebellious and know it if the drinking age were 18 they would not consider breaking the law because there is no fun if the law were to get lowered. Reducing the law will also stop the manufacturing of false id where teenagers deliberately disrespect the law. The high
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As the title of this Rogerian Argument states‚ are comic books real literature? We’re not entirely sure how often this question is asked‚ but it is definitely a question worth asking. Comic books have been around since the 40s and possibly way before‚ so it’s no coincidence that these books would be subject to immense amounts of controversy over the decades. One of these controversies is whether or not comic books should be considered “real” literature. Many people believe comic books to be too childish
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