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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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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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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Danielle Dover L. Dubuisson English 1101 Online 14 October 2011 Raise‚ Lower‚ or Keep the Drinking Age Limit? When discussing an age limit for alcohol‚ there are many arguments for or against it. We could lower the drinking age but raise the driving age. We could raise the drinking age for everyday people and lower it for soldiers. We could keep it as is or we could try other things such as‚ teaching kids how to drink in the correct manor. There are so many opinions on this subject‚ such as
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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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