Since July 17‚ 1984‚ when the United States Congress enacted the National Minimum Drinking Age Act‚ people only above the age of 21 could have the opportunity to legally purchase and publically possess an alcoholic beverage. The Congress’s purpose for establishing the law was primarily to combat motorist under the influence of alcohol‚ as the death rate of traffic accidents were significantly high before 1984 in the US where the typical minimum age to drink was 18. Which is the average age for a
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What Influences Adolescents to Drink Underage By Melanie Gedney Being an adolescent is one of the hardest things a person can face in life. If it isn’t staying up till 1 am studying for that huge test the next day‚ then its dealing with drama with friends‚ and of coarse the amount of peer pressure high school comes with. But when it comes to drinking underage‚ what influences teenager to drink? I believe teenagers are influenced to drink by their friends‚ the media‚ and having it easily accessed
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J Calhoun June 21‚ 2012 COM 123 Persuasive Speech Drink Less Coke‚ More Water. Purpose: To persuade the audience to drink less coke and more water. Thesis: Drinking coke and other sodas are harmful to the body. Drinking less soda (especially coke) and more water will help you to become an overall healthier person with less health problems in the long run. Organizational Pattern: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence Introduction Attention Getting Device: What would it take to clean off an
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Persuasive Speech on Underage Drinking People might think that alcohol is something that helps you cut loose and makes you full of energy‚ but reality check-alcohol is actually a depressant that damages your body in the long run. Alcohol is a problem that affects multiple people and families‚ but in today’s society it’s affecting teenagers. The horrible facts that I will present to you will prove that underage drinking needs to come to end before it’s too late for some. Some people
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Essay The legal drinking age has been a continuously debated subject in the United States since its establishment. The national legal drinking age of twenty-one years old was placed in 1984 and still holds to the present‚ but many have begun questioning whether twenty-one is still an appropriate age for our current society. Much of this debate starts with college campuses and binge drinking. As a senior in high school‚ and soon-to-be freshman in college‚ I began wondering if the drinking age is still
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Densie Keaton Social Networking Advantages and Disadvantages HLT 610 Grand Canyon University Finding the advantages and disadvantages of social networking for career advancement was to say the least interesting. The employment advancement with Social media in education can teach students marketing skills early on in the process. When using sites like Facebook‚ twitter‚ and Instagram individuals are able to send information about themselves out to millions of people. If that same person
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College Binge Drinking The drinking age for the United States is a highly debated topic. When my parents were younger the drinking age was 18. In 1984‚ the drinking age was changed and increased to 21. There have been many politicians arguing about this topic and there will always be no matter what happens to the legal age to consume alcohol. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)‚ argue to keep the drinking age as it is. They claim that decreasing the drinking age will increase the number of
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that adults were finding your attire provocative. How would you feel? What would your reaction be? Would you feel maybe dirty or ashamed? However that’s only one case of adults sexualizing underage girls‚ consequently events like the one mentioned before happen all the time‚ all across the world. Young‚ underage girls being sexualized is not a rare thing happening and you’re about to see why it’s so wrong. P I - There are many consequences and negative results of sexualizing young girls. It often
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Lowering the Drinking Age Laws are made to benefit and protect us. We have all heard the old folks saying‚ “learn how to pick your battles.” That is exactly what the government needs to do; fight battles they can win. In the state of Maine‚ a person must be twenty-one to purchase or consume alcohol. Instead‚ the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen. There has been an ongoing controversy in the United States about whether the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen‚ like most of the world
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Lower the Drinking Age Everyone knows that it is illegal to consume alcohol under the age of 21. Why is 21 the "magical" age that makes a person intelligent and mature enough to consume alcohol? Sure‚ some adults abuse alcohol and some teenagers would be perfectly able to drink responsibly‚ but why not 18 or 35 or 40? This seemingly random number‚ 21‚ is associated with adulthood‚ as if the day a person turns 21 they know everything and are mature. The drinking age should be lowered to
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