Teenage drinking has become one amongst the largest social problems amongst children in America nowadays. Though over 1/2 high student’s drink on an everyday basis‚ the matter is that they’re not tuned in to however dangerous alcohol will actually be. The truth is that alcohol is commonly the reason for various issues among these teenagers. Simply put‚ alcohol ruins several young people’s lives‚ and is currently of the foremost serious issues children face. Drinking and driving is one massive drawback
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The drinking age be lowered to 18 "Alcohol is the drug of choice among America’s adolescents‚ used by more young people than tobacco or illicit drugs... [T]here are 10.1 million underage drinkers in the United States... 39% of current 8th graders‚ 58% of 10th graders‚ 72% of 12th graders‚ and 85% of college students have tried alcohol.” -The National Institutes of Health (NIH) wrote in their fact sheet titled "Underage Drinking" on report.nih.gov. Apparently keeping the drinking age at 21 is not
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should be put in place for those who break the law. Rules are put in place to help us stay safe. How many people need to die before we get it into our heads that drunk driving needs to be stopped? Because of Statistics we collected over the years we should impose stronger rules to decrease the likeliness of drinking and driving
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“Rebels Must Die” In Macbeth‚ by Shakespeare this is a major theme that progresses throughout the whole play. When we hear the word “rebel” we often associate it with people who are considered “outsiders” or “different” when in fact a rebel is just anyone who stands up for what they believe in‚ or what they do. In the play it is clear from the beginning that the character Macbeth has deep desires for power and advancement‚ to become king. However‚ in order to achieve these goals he must find a
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One of the reasons why the legal drinking age should be lowered is because it would diminish the thrill of breaking the law to get a drink. According to Ruth C. Engs‚ Pofessor‚ Applied Health Sciences‚ “Although the legal purchase age is 21 years of age‚ a majority of college students under this age consume alcohol but in an irresponsible manner. This is because drinking by these youth is seen as an enticing "forbidden fruit‚" a "badge of rebellion against authority" and a symbol of adulthood." This
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Purpose: To persuade my audience that the drinking age should be lowered to the age of 18. Thesis: To have the ability to lower the drinking age we must first look at new ways to educate our young adults‚ realize the role of our parents‚ and we must also look at the effects of a lower drinking age in other countries. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Can you honestly say that you never drank alcohol during high school? If so‚ you are in a distinct minority: nearly 80% of high school seniors
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Henry Ford Henry Ford oldest of six children was born on July 30‚ 1863‚ on a farm near Dearborn‚ Michigan. Over his childhood life he developed a dislike for the farm life and more of a fascination for machinery. He had little interest in school and was a poor student. He never learned to spell or to read well. Ford would write using simple sentences (Biography online.com). He instead preferred to work with mechanical objects‚ particularly watches. He repaired his first watch when he was thirteen
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The minimum drinking age and the concerns of the effects of alcohol started in America during the Prohibition Era. In the article “Teaching With Documents: The Volstead Act and Related Prohibition Documents‚” the author states that concerns of the effects of alcohol were preached fanatically in the early 20th century. Temperance organizations such as The American Temperance Society‚ the Women’s Christian Temperance Union‚ and the Anti-Saloon League were formed for one purpose‚ to ratify the Constitution
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health problems. Drinking alcohol causes a substantial amount of deaths every year. Approximately 88‚000 deaths and around 2.5 million million years of potential life are lost every year (Fact Sheets). One in ten people die every year‚ aged twenty to sixty‚
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teens drink and on average‚ they drink too much. Underage drinking has become a major problem in the United States. First of all‚ statistics show that more than ten million drinkers in the US are between the ages of twelve and twenty‚ and of these twenty percent engage in binge drinking and six percent are heavy drinkers.(Young People and Alcohol‚) Next‚ statistics also show that there are roughly 3.3 million teens that have drinking problems also‚ one-fourth of all seventh through twelfth
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