Lower the Drinking Age? Kyle Altic November 4th‚ 2013 Abstract There was a big debate on whether or not the minimum drinking age should be lowered. The media gave this debate a lot of attention. It’s not about the age it’s about the decisions they make with alcohol at a very young adult age. I do like the argument if you are old enough to serve our country and die for your country then you should be able to drink at that age. After all the research I have done and retrieved
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Between these three interpretations of the "The Drinking Song"‚ there were many differences in the overall theme‚ along with the attitude of the characters within the performance. Throughout all of the performances‚ the goal of the main male character did not change; he was constantly attempting to gain the interest of the main female character. Though the attitude of the main male character did not change‚ it was seen that the attitude of the female character did. In the first piece‚ the female
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to him‚ so that he may get closer to his inebriating liquid. The first person the alcoholism affects would be his brother. Wick chooses to provide for Don financially and emotionally because he loves him. Yet despite Wick’s love and care‚ Don puts drinking before their relationship. In the scene shortly after Wick leaves for the theater‚ Don steals the rent money to buy more whiskey. He then avoids going on the weekend vacation his brother had planned just so he could stay home and drink. Wick makes
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Binge Drinking on College Campuses Alcohol on American campuses has become a serious issue. In 2001‚ the total number of alcohol related deaths on college campuses was over 1700‚ while in 1998 the total was just less than 1600‚ and the number of students who reported that they had driven while intoxicated rose from 2.3 million to 2.8 million (Hingson 260). This statistic includes all college students‚ ages 18-24. That means some of the people involved in these incidents were underage. 1 out
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Minimum Drinking Age According to the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine‚ in 2010 underage drinkers from ages 15-20 were responsible for 48.8% of alcohol purchases. The minimum legal drinking age(MLDA) in the United States was 18 years old until 1984‚ when all fifty states raised their legal drinking age to 21 or older. The drinking age should be lowered from 21 years old to 18 years old because at that age one legally becomes an adult‚ it would reduce the amount of unsafe drinking activity
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controversial argument amongst Americans is determining that the current legal drinking age which is 21 should be lowered to eighteen or not. Alcohol consumption has become the number one choice drug to be used by America’s adolescents. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) wrote in their fact sheet titled “Underage Drinking”: “Particularly worrisome among adolescents is the high prevalence of binge drinking... Underage drinkers consume‚ on average‚ 4 to 5 drinks per occasion about 5 times a month
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Kevin Gable 8/30/10 Engl 1167 Communication Drinking Coffee Elsewhere is a very interesting story that brings up a number of thought-provoking issues in a relatively short format. Among these are questions of race‚ identity‚ and stereotyping. The narrator of the story is a young woman named Dina who feels lonely and confused in her new surroundings. As a poor‚ African American female at Yale (which the narrator portrays as a rich‚ male‚ and subtlety racist institution) she has difficulty
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the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984‚ some states lowered the drinking age below 21 (mainly as a result of the lowered voting age). The Drinking Age Act was put into place as a result of a correlation between young drinking and motor vehicle fatalities. Under the provisions of the Act‚ any states with a minimum drinking age below 21 are subject to a 10% cut in highway funding from the federal government. The United States is one of only a few countries with a drinking age as high as 21; the
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Dominican Republic and Haiti: Consequences of the regularization process The island of Hispaniola‚ which Dominicans share with Haitians‚ is considered to be the cradle of blackness in the Americas. It was one of the first territories that colonizers brought African slaves to labor. Since then‚ there has always been a dispute between the two sides of the island. One side defending the ideology of European heritage while the other side stands to beliefs and practices of African descendants. There
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Other impacts can have permanent consequences. Pollution effects are not confined to the environment. The potential for damage to historical monuments has already been realized. Some damage‚ such as from wind or rain‚ is unavoidable. However‚ pollution contributes additional risk factors that can increase the level of destruction. The effects may be minor‚ such as a blackening of the surface of monuments due to dust. Other impacts can have permanent consequences. Pollution effects are not confined
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