Since the states increased their drinking age to 21 in 1987‚ every citizen of this country between the ages of 18 and 20 have been oppressed by the very people elected to power to protect their rights. It is evident that the legal drinking age among Americans should be lowered to the legal age of adulthood‚ 18 years. At this age‚ any American can marry without their Parent ’s approval and can move out of their guardian ’s house and live on their own. Why are these adults deprived of their right to
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In the United States of America the drinking age is twenty one years old. Many people want to know why the age limit is not eighteen if it is the age of adulthood in the United States. If a person can vote at eighteen and change the president of the country‚ then he/she should be able to pick up a drink at the age of 18 (adulthood) when he/she wants to. If the age for drinking cannot be eighteen then why does it have to be twenty one? Who said twenty one year old people are mature enough? Since
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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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limit‚ running red lights‚ ect.) Now mix that with drugs and/or alcohol and they are putting themselves and others in danger. Students Against Destructive Decisions works with students and schools to raise awareness and inform the risks of underage drinking and its outcomes. Some schools that host a club will Peer-led classes‚ fundraising events and more. Besides attending‚ students can hang posters and banners on drunk driving statistics‚
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ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATER Arsenic in Drinking Water: Effect on Health ABSTRACT: Drinking water can be contaminated with arsenic through natural resources such as soils and rocks‚ but it also results from human activities. Long-term ingestion of arsenic exposure through drinking water can cause multiple adverse health effects including cardiovascular‚ pulmonary‚ immunological‚ neurological effects and endocrine problems such as diabetes. Ingestion of arsenic-rich water can increase the risk
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Underage Drinking Underage drinking is widespread along adolescents‚ according to an annual survey of U.S youth‚ three-fourths of twelfth graders‚ more than two-thirds of tenth graders‚ and about two in every five eighth graders have consumed alcohol. Each year approximately five thousand young people under the age of twenty one die as a result of underage drinking; This includes about 1‚900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes‚ 1‚600 as a result of homicides‚ 300 from suicide‚ as well as hundreds
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There should be a minimum drinking age 1. Growth a. Alcohol consumption can interfere with development of the young adult brain’s frontal lobes‚ essential for functions such as emotional regulation‚ planning‚ and organization. When alcohol consumption interferes with this early adult brain development‚ the potential for chronic problems such as greater vulnerability to addiction‚ dangerous risk-taking behavior‚ reduced decision-making ability‚ memory loss‚ depression‚ violence‚ and suicide is greater
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Many young people’s lives can be saved if the legal drinking age is twenty-one. The alcohol consumption of under age pupils has been a concern that relates to many more problems among our community. I believe that the current drinking age should be increased to the age of twenty-one because it would help contract alcohol related injuries and deaths among adolescents and young adults. Rising the drinking age could also help to prevent alcohol consumption whilst in a position of a beginners driving
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The Affects of Teenage Drinking Walking down the street‚ we always see trash lying around or notice people throwing trash out their windows. Littering helps people get rid of trash easier that way they wontso they will not have to stop or go a longer distance. Littering is very convenient for everyone but also shows how lazy our world is. Everyone knows that littering is bad but tsome peoplehey still do it because they don’t do not know the consequences that it can lead to. Littering
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University of Western Sydney College Research report DRINKING WATER HABITS CONTENT Abstract…………………………………………………………………………….3 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………..4 Methodology……………………………………………………………………….6 Results……………………………………………………………………………...7 Discussion…………………………………………………………………………11 References…………………………………………………………………………13 Appendices………………………………………………………………………...14 Abstract Drinking water is a necessary activity for human’s life. The aim of this research was to
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