Should the Legal Drinking Age be lowered from Twenty-one to Eighteen? Throughout the United States‚ Many different thoughts and explanations have been recorded to determine the legal drinking age. Florida as well as most of the United States has set the law to age twenty-one. This age determination has been causing controversial issues evident throughout the country for decades. As history is told‚ in the early seventies‚ twenty- nine states chose to lower the drinking age to eighteen
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Today‚ I? am still pondering on what caused people including my uncle to drink and drive? Could it be pressure from your peers‚ or going and acting wild at a party‚ or maybe it?s the numerous of underage teens drinking behind the wheel. After many years of watching and assuming drinking and driving was normal‚ I have completely changed my beliefs and want everybody to realize the true effect of drunk driving. It may be obvious to say‚ but I believe peer pressure plays a major role in whether
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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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alcohol” (Dowshen). These students are more likely to show serious drinking problems later in life during middle age and adulthood. People are debating that the minimum legal drinking age of 21 years is not working to stop youths from drinking alcohol. Lowering the drinking age to 18 will make alcohol more available to those that are younger to purchase and consume. Even though 18 is the legal age of adulthood‚ the minimum legal drinking age should remain at 21 because the 18-year-old adult body is not
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The Drinking Age Should Remain 18 Years Old in Australia The Drinking Age Should Remain 18 Years Old in Australia These days there are a number of social issues in the community‚ such as drug abuse‚ teenage pregnancy and alcohol abuse. Alcohol abuse is rampant in today’s society‚ Australian Drug Foundation states that‚ “Alcohol is the most widely used psychoactive‚ or mood-changing‚ recreational drug in Australia.”(Healey‚ 2002‚ p. 11). Underage drinking and binge drinking are some of the problems
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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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the Drinking Age Be Lowered? In America‚ 38 states have the minimum drinking age at 21. However‚ the other 12 have exceptions to that law. Although underage drinking has been a problem in society. Lowering the drinking age would create responsibility in young adults (Top pro and con arguments). It would also allow young adults make better decisions and take responsibility for their actions. People say the lowering the drinking age would be irresponsible because of the dangers posed by drinking. In
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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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The legal drinking age in the United States is twenty-one and older. Some states have been pushing to lower the age to eighteen. Some say that lowering the age would make it dangerous‚ but that is not the case. This would be beneficial to the government and to the public. Lowering the drinking age back to eighteen years old would be good for the economy‚ environment‚ and public safety. Lowering the MLDA 21 (minimum legal drinking age 21) would be good
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other human that is twenty-one or older. The drinking age was not always what it is today; it has been changed a tremendous amount of times throughout the decades from 1919-present day. There wasn’t a national drinking age before the prohibition that from 1920 to 1930 and after the prohibition‚ most states required age was 18. In 1984 The National Minimum Drinking Age Act was enacted by Ronald Reagan‚ it was a law that required states to raise the drinking age or ten percent of the federal highway funding
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