not the drinking age should be 18 or 21. As you turn 18 you are considered a legal adult who gets to choose what they want to do except for deciding whether to drink or not. Lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 would decrease the number of minors people would get because 18 is an age closer to the age we are than 21 is causing children to wait to drink. I believe that whatever age you are you’re going to make bad choices whether or not if you’re 18‚ 21‚ or even 40. If lowering the drinking age changed
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Tayrin O’Rand 14 March 2012 Should the Minimum Drinking Age be Lowered? The minimum drinking age became a hot topic ever since it was set to twenty one years old. It is a law not everyone welcomes with open arms‚ one that has the most impact in the lives of adolescents and if violated‚ one that can put a state at risk of forfeiting ten percent of its annual federal highway appropriation. John M. McCardell Jr.‚ president of Middlebury College; founder and president of Choose Responsibility‚
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under aged person‚ can be deadly. Furthermore‚ for anyone to consider lowering the legal drinking age from 21‚ to 18‚ in my opinion is simply ludicrous. John Bowersox reports‚ “Since Colonial times‚ drinking alcohol has been part of American culture and its use by young people has been accepted by many as part of growing up. In fact‚ during the late 1960s and early 1970s‚ many States lowered the legal drinking age from 21 to 18. Following this change‚ the number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities
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The Drinking Age in The U.S. Should Be Lowered When a person turns eighteen‚ he or she can get married‚ vote‚ pay taxes‚ purchase cigarettes‚ be tried as an adult for crimes‚ legally use their own credit card‚ purchase real estate‚ and even enter the military. When a United States citizen turns eighteen‚ that person is considered a legal adult. According to The United States Constitution‚ “The right of citizens of the United States‚ who are eighteen-years of age or older‚ to vote shall not be denied
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society is drinking. Drinking in the United States has been an issue since the start of prohibition; alcohol was never the same in the US after that. It taught people to hide when they are drinking‚ just like most underage teens do now days. Although‚ alcohol is treated as a big scary issue‚ in most fatalities from drunk driving have dropped significantly since the drinking age was raised from 18 to 21‚ lowering the drinking age back down would drastically help the U.S.’s binge drinking problem‚ therefore
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Bars and many dance clubs are strictly for those 21 and over due to the legal drinking age in America‚ so many legal adults are not permitted entry. Clearly a discrepancy exists between an 18 year old adult and a 21 year old adult; however‚ since they are viewed by law as equals shouldn’t they have the same privileges (Daniel 140)
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individuals believe introducing alcohol to underage kids while at home reduces the risk of binge drinking‚ as well as a reduction in the number of regular drinkers‚ I feel the United States law makers should not be more lenient of underage drinkers nor lower the legal drinking age. Reasoning is due to teens not handling alcohol responsibly‚ and thus would be more likely to harm or kill themselves or others. Underage drinking is illegal in the United States; it is dangerous‚ and may lead to alcohol abuse.
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Lowering The Drinking Age Alcohol is considered to be a large problem in society today. Especially with young adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one. Which presents the question of whether or not the drinking age should be lowered. Lowering the legal drinking age to eighteen would have positive and negative influences on society. Positive through raising more government taxes and keep high school age and young college students out of trouble with the law for drinking. Negatively;
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John Smith Negative: The legal drinking age in the U.S. should be lowered to 18. Introduction We believe that the drinking age across the United States should stay at 21 years of age. Several states are currently petitioning that the drinking age be lowered; however‚ we find this to be dangerous and extremely unnecessary. The first reason why we would like the drinking age to stay the same is because of history. From the end of Prohibition (when alcohol was not allowed to be manufactured
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The Dangers of the Drinking Age In this article‚ Jeffrey A. Miron and Elina Tetelbaum argue against the belief that a drinking age of 21 years old saves lives and prevents students from drinking. Their argument is that raising the drinking age to 21 has had many unintended consequences. These consequences include: a rise in binge drinking and disrespect for the law. They use statistics to support their major points and counteract opposing views. “For the past 20 years‚ the United States has kept a Minimum Legal Drinking Age
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