You don’t need to be a daily drinker to get a D.U.I‚ you just need that one drink too many to get behind the wheel. Parents‚ brothers‚ sisters and friends are impacted everyday by the choices we make. Either they’re bailing out a loved one or they’re burying them due to driving under the influence. I stand before you as someone that has experienced the repercussions of making a bad decision. And that decision was to get behind the wheel when I was intoxicated. I not only put myself in danger but
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Coms 2 Negative Outline Proposition: The State of California should lower the minimum legal drinking age to 18. Introduction Thesis: Though I agree that every 18-20 year old should be allowed to take on the challenges of being an adult such as: voting‚ going to war and signing legal documents‚ I do not agree that 18 -20 year olds have knowledge and strength to consume alcohol in a responsible manner. Therefor I believe that we should stick with the status quo and keep the MLDA as is. Preview:
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Is It Time to Lower the Drinking Age? Over 5000 deaths occur from alcohol-related actions each year (McCardell). Binge drinking‚ a major issue among underage drinkers‚ is defined as having at least 5 drinks on one occasion (Kiesbye 21). The US is one of just four countries with an age requirement of 21. Only Islamic countries have more restrictive drinking laws. (Kiesbye 26). The minimum age of 21 passed Congress in 1984 (Balko). Vermont fought the law concerning the minimum age all the way
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A Forbidden Fruit In the United States of America citizens are subjected to many laws‚ some definitely necessary‚ while others are not well founded. One law which is not well founded is the law that prevents anyone younger than twenty one from drinking. This law clearly states that you must be twenty-one years old in order to consume or purchase any alcoholic beverages. The citizens of the United States are considered to be legal adults at the age of eighteen. Despite many responsibilities‚ why
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The legal drinking age refers to the youngest age at which a person is legally allowed to buy and consumes alcoholic beverages. The drinking age varies from country to country. Here in the United States the legal drinking age is twenty-one. There has been much debate on whether the drinking age in the United States should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen. People in favor of keeping the drinking age at twenty-one believe that there will be less alcohol related injuries and deaths from
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Kayla Couch Professor Dunn English 101 December 10‚ 2014 Should The Legal Drinking Age Be 18? The minimum legal drinking age in the United States is 21. Many have suggested lowering the drinking age to 18. I do not think the legal drinking age should be lowered because of the following reasons. Lowering the drinking age to 18 would have a negative impact on the lives of the youth of the United States. Making it legal for 18 year-olds to buy alcohol would increase the number of teens who drink. It
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Lowering the drinking age? Why we should not lower the drinking age? Let me explain some reasons why not to lower the drinking age. One is that if we lower the drinking age we might be contributing to more fatal accidents. Second‚ lowering the drinking age might influence 18-year-olds to buy alcohol for younger teenagers (age 15-17). And third‚ 18-year-olds may not be mature enough to know their limitations on drinking. If we lower the drinking age we might be contributing to more fatal
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average age at which young people ages 12 to 17 begin to drink is 13 years old. The average age that underage drinkers ages 12 to 20 begin to drink is 16.1 years old.4 From 1979 to 2006‚ risk of binge drinking declined from 12- to 20-year old males but not females in this age range. NO reduction in binge drinking occurred for college males. In a national study‚ 13.8% of eighth-graders reported having at least one drink in the past 30 days‚ and 11.5% had been drunk at least once in the past year. Today
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PRO Lowering Drinking Age 1. 18 is the age of adulthood in the United States‚ and adults should have the right to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption. Turning 18 entails receiving the rights and responsibilities of adulthood to vote‚ smoke cigarettes‚ serve on juries‚ get married‚ sign contracts‚ be prosecuted as adults‚ and join the military - which includes risking one’s life. [5] [6] 2. Allowing 18- to 20-year-olds to drink alcohol in regulated environments with supervision would
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College Presidents call for debate on lowering the drinking age to 18 BCOM/275 May‚ 20 2012 Betty Bernstein College Presidents call for debate on lowering the drinking age to 18 I read the article “College Presidents call for debate on lowering the drinking age to 18”‚ which was published in the Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly Newsletter on September 8‚ 2008. In my opinion‚ there is not a lot of value and credibility to this article. John McArdell‚ the President of Middlebury College
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