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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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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Underage drinking has been a major issue in the United States and can be severely solved by just simply lowering the drinking age by 3 years and will drastically reduce the thrill of breaking the law for teanegers. Teenagers are rebellious and know it if the drinking age were 18 they would not consider breaking the law because there is no fun if the law were to get lowered. Reducing the law will also stop the manufacturing of false id where teenagers deliberately disrespect the law. The high
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Taylor Deese Hall-Godsey 7/8/13 Research Paper Lowering the Drinking Age Deliberate for a minute on how many young adults under the age of twenty-one drink alcoholic beverages illegally. Studies show that more than seventy percent of young adults between the ages of eighteen to twenty have engaged in illegal drinking. The United States drinking age has gone up and down throughout the years‚ but since 1984‚ the minimum age to drink has increased to twenty-one. Some believe that this age is
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much and binge when given the opportunity to consume alcohol. This is a common action across the nation and even globe. Some very important questions are raised like how harmful is drinking under the age of twenty-one? Is underage age drinking related to traffic accidents? How is this action affecting the brains of the minors? Is it hurting them? For this reason‚ the minimal drinking age was established to protect these younger people from all the many dangers. The minimal legal drinking age should
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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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The Legal Drinking Limit If underage drinking has been an ongoing controversy spanning years in the United States‚ why is the issue not under control yet? For years there has been a debate on whether the legal drinking age should remain twenty-one or be reverted back to eighteen. This controversy has been heavily discussed for years bringing to light many positives and negatives to both sides of the situation; however‚ I believe that the pros to lowering the legal drinking age outweigh the cons
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Lowering The Drinking Age Throughout the United States‚ there is a huge debate on lowering the drinking age. The current legal drinking age in the United States is 21 years old‚ but there has been dispute on whether lowering it would be beneficial or if retaining it or increasing it would be more favorable for our society. In an article‚ titled “Lower Drinking Age Could Have Sobering Results”‚ which was written by Robert Voas in 2006‚ the author asserts that lowering the minimum legal drinking age of
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Riley Warner English 1 Period 1 3/5/12 Should the Legal Drinking Age Be Lowered: CON There is a huge problem with underage drinking in the U.S. Some states have already lowered the drinking age such as Maine‚ Massachusetts‚ and Michigan. One main point on why it shouldn’t be lowered is because of a higher chance of depression in teens. Second‚ it increases health and educational problems in teens also. Lastly‚ it would increase the amount of alcohol related accidents because of teens brains not
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Dominicia Ferrell Mrs. Burns English 101 December 1‚ 2011 Should the legal drinking age be raised (or lowered)? Should the drinking age be lowered to eighteen years old‚ when one is considered an adult‚ and assumes adult privileges‚ or should the drinking age remain at twenty-one years old‚ since people are more mature and therefore‚ can be safe and responsible with alcohol? I believe that the drinking age should remain at twenty-one years old because lowering the legal age would not be the
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