Hard Water How can water be hard? Well‚ it can‚ but maybe not in the sense that one would think. Hard water refers to water with dissolved calcium and magnesium ions in it. Rainwater is naturally soft‚ but when the water runs through the ground or over rocks causing erosion‚ calcium and magnesium ions can be easily picked up. Most people prefer hard water to soft water for drinking‚ because the ions are good for you‚ and because soft water leaves a “dry” taste in one’s mouth (1‚2). Big businesses
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Lowering the Drinking Age: A Problem or a Solution? Why is it that 18 year old citizens‚ like myself‚ can legally obtain a driver’s license‚ register to vote‚ be forced into jury duty or a draft‚ can be tried as an adult and even be put to death‚ but cannot buy and consume alcoholic beverages legally? It is hard for me to comprehend as a young American that we can be permitted or subjected to perform actions that affect the lives of other people‚ but we are not allowed to have the freedom of choice
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College Binge Drinking The drinking age for the United States is a highly debated topic. When my parents were younger the drinking age was 18. In 1984‚ the drinking age was changed and increased to 21. There have been many politicians arguing about this topic and there will always be no matter what happens to the legal age to consume alcohol. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)‚ argue to keep the drinking age as it is. They claim that decreasing the drinking age will increase the number of
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Minimum Drinking Age Change Why was the minimum drinking age in Minnesota changed from eighteen years old to twenty-one years old? In 1984‚ President Ronald Reagan signed a bill that would change the minimum drinking age. With many alcohol-related injuries and deaths in teens‚ possible loss of federal funds‚ and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) protests‚ the Minnesota Minimum Drinking Age Act changed the minimum drinking age from eighteen to twenty-one. As a result‚ people have become more
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Lowering the Drinking Age Adulthood and responsibility begins at the age of eighteen‚ not twenty-one. In 1984‚ a law was passed prohibiting the consumption of alcohol to those individuals under the age of twenty-one. The argument and support behind this law was based solely on safety issues; however‚ education and a higher awareness would virtually solve this supposed "problem." At the age of eighteen‚ a young man or woman gains all rights as an adult‚ yet he or she still can still not consume
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Effects of Underage Drinking Drinking is one of the biggest things to do when people get together socially. They go to the bar they have parties‚ or just sit around and drink but alcohol is always around. Going into high school and college is the main time that teens think it should be a good time to try it out. They feel as if they are a bit older now and since everyone else is doing it why shouldn’t they. But the drinking age is 21 for a reason. The underage drinkers don’t understand what a risk
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The Deaths “’Drinking is Fun’ and ‘There’s Nothing You Can Do About It’: The Problem With the 21-Year-Old Minimum Drinking Age” an essay by Dr. Reginald Fennell‚ found in the Journal of American College Health‚ focuses on the effects of the minimum drinking age on college students. Fennell explains the benefits of lowering the drinking and gives alternatives to the current law. This article is of interest to readers since society seems to have a strong opinion of whether the drinking age should remain
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Research report on raising the drinking age. Commerce assessment 1. Introduction: this research report is going to inform and find the advantages and disadvantages of increasing the drinking age‚ this report will explain the medical‚ social‚ financial and other reasons to inform the reader on the different points given. Advantages of increasing the drinking age: Medical: Medical reasons
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Teenage Drinking. Imagine one weekend you decide to go out with your best friend to a party. She’s been begging you all week to go. You get there‚ people are offering you drinks‚ everyone around you is drinking‚ and you take the drinks without even thinking. You think to yourself “you’ve been out drinking before so it won’t even be a big deal”. You keep drinking‚ drink after drink. You’re enjoying yourself‚ meeting new people‚ having a good time. You wake up the next day not knowing what’s happened
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Binge Drinking 1) Introduction What is binge drinking? Binge drinking means a large amount of alcohol consumed in a short period of time. The purpose of this research paper is to highlight the issue of binge drinking on the rise among the youths. It will also explain the causes‚ such as peer pressure and stress‚ and the effects‚ long and short term health issues and alcohol related harms(Health Promotion Board‚ 2012). This paper will also provide some suggested solutions for binge drinking. 2)
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