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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news based on eating disorders. In the article‚ “Binge eating could be halted by activating novel brain receptor” displays the current issue of health care surrounding eating disorders. Binge eating is a recurrent period of excessive food consumption and is also one of the common eating disorders in society. Discovered that TAAR1 can reduce the compulsive eating and consumption of junk food in the results of an experiment in rats behaviors. Binge eating‚ defined as excessive food consumption‚
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By ABby Not Lowering Drinking Age “Approximately 92% of U.S. adults who drink excessively report binge drinking in the past 30 days (Fact Sheets).” The local government should not lower the drinking age to 18 because lowing this effect the frontal lobes development‚ there would be more ‘binge drinking’‚ and there would be more alcohol-associated violent behavior. But if the local government were to lower the drinking age‚ there would be less of a thrill. According Christian Moyer research‚ “"We
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are frequently as common at business lunches as they are at college frat parties. Underage drinking is a huge problem which everyone must face. Under age drinking not only has devastating effects on those who drink but also on our society. "Young people illegally consume almost 3.6 billion drinks annually which is 10 million drinks each day."(http://www.cspinet.org/booze/alcyouth.htm.) Underage drinking has serious social‚ health and economic consequences. It is a major factor in crime‚ violence
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Maintaining Current Drinking Age Recently‚ the current drinking age has become a major topic of discussion amongst Americans with whether it is too old or just right. Recent studies have shown that underage drinking has become a major problem in the United States‚ not only because it is illegal for them‚ but because people underage have shown they do not know how to drink in moderation and responsibly. Another reason the current drinking age should be maintained is because drinking has caused many
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Essay The legal drinking age has been a continuously debated subject in the United States since its establishment. The national legal drinking age of twenty-one years old was placed in 1984 and still holds to the present‚ but many have begun questioning whether twenty-one is still an appropriate age for our current society. Much of this debate starts with college campuses and binge drinking. As a senior in high school‚ and soon-to-be freshman in college‚ I began wondering if the drinking age is still
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The Death Penalty needs to be Stopped “To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge‚ not justice.” This quote from Desmund Tutu is a perfect example as to why the death penalty is inhumane. Death penalty is one of the most controversial topics in politics‚ and is almost always brought up in debates. As of 2011 only 61 percent of the population is in favor of the death penalty (Jonsson). The death penalty is unjust and immoral and should be stopped. The death penalty allows for many
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Underage drinking is starting to become a widespread occurrence in the United States more than any other country in the world. The legal drinking age has always been a topic that creates controversy when brought up because many people disagree with the idea of becoming an adult at age 18 but having to wait until age 21 to consume alcohol. At age 18 in America we gain rights to vote‚ ability to marry‚ and can legally be tried as an adult in the judicial system‚ but whether we like it or not the human
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Considered one of the world’s most famous explorers‚ Henry Hudson actually never found what he was looking for. He spent his life searching for different routes to Asia‚ but he ended up opening the door to further exploration and settlement of North America. Even though many places are named after him‚ Henry Hudson remains an elusive figure. There is little information available about the famous explorer’s life before his first journey as a ship’s commander in 1607. It is believed that he learned
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reason of alcohol drinking among the youth in Hong Kong is tension reduction and it is the most common excuse among them. From a survey result conducted in 2008 by The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Group‚ about 30% of students increase their pressure index during the beginning of each new academic year. It was found that the high consumption of alcohol is related to the high level of pressure index. And the frequency of drinking depends on how early the students have experienced drinking alcohol. Drinking
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