Lowering the Drinking Age Adulthood and responsibility begins at the age of eighteen‚ not twenty-one. In 1984‚ a law was passed prohibiting the consumption of alcohol to those individuals under the age of twenty-one. The argument and support behind this law was based solely on safety issues; however‚ education and a higher awareness would virtually solve this supposed "problem." At the age of eighteen‚ a young man or woman gains all rights as an adult‚ yet he or she still can still not consume
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Between 1976 and 1983‚ many states begin to raise the minimum legal age for purchasing alcohol. The primary reason for this was to combat drunk driving fatalities. Then‚ in 1984‚ Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act‚ which stated that states must raise the minimum drinking age to 21 by 1986‚ or they will lose ten percent of their federal highway funding. This act shows just how serious of an issue youth drinking had become. As a result of this‚ there has been a dramatic decrease
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are dismally getting injured and killed every day‚ the thrust many Americans are making to lower the minimum legal drinking age is continuing on. The age citizens are allowed to fight for their country and vote for their leaders is a young 18 years old‚ so many believe‚ why can’t they drink a beer? Throughout the past few decades‚ the legal drinking age has been lowered to 18 years of age‚ and then raised again‚ in many states across the country. Adolescents and young adults throughout the United States
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Prescriptive: Lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 increases the risk of underage and binge drinking which results in deadly car accidents. Ages 18 and under are physically immature to handle alcohol. Enforcing the age 21 law reduces the risk of traffic crashes and it saves lives. By lowering the drinking age to 18 will trigger the urge of wanting to drink for younger teenagers. Therefore‚ the drinking age is ought to stay at 21. The 21 legal drinking age law forces young people to drink
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Topic: Do you think the nation’s legal drinking age should be lowered from 21? Why or why not? For many years there has been a debate about whether or not the legal drinking age in America should be lowered. Now a days‚ the legal age for someone to buy or consume alcoholic Comment [EN1]: This should be hyphenated. beverages is 21. Many people who are against lowering the age limit feel teenagers are not mature enough to drink responsibly. On the other hand‚ there are many reasons‚ that
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2014 Drinking Age of America When turning 18‚ you are classified as an adult‚ you can vote‚ you can signature your own legal documents‚ and you can suit up for the army; the one thing you cannot do in America when you’re 18 is drink. Drinking nowadays in many countries is a very popular social activity amongst teens and adults. With Colleges and the upbeat culture America has‚ it’s hard for young adults to not have a drink here and there; but American Law lists that the drinking age is 21 and older
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Composition I April 6‚ 2014 Why the Drinking Age Should Stay at Twenty-One The United States drinking age throughout all 50 states has been the same since 1984 when a law was put in place by the U.S. Congress punishing all states who did not abide by the legal age limit of 21. Since this law was put into place‚ it has become one of the most widely studied laws in history. While there are many arguments and new bills being created to reduce this age‚ especially among college universities
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Legal Drinking Age The legal drinking age has been a huge controversial issue for an extremely long time (Meldon). Some people say the legal drinking age should be left alone at age 21. Others believe it should be lowered to age 18; the age when someone is considered an adult and given many responsibilities (ProCon.org). I believe the legal drinking age should be kept at age 21. Alcohol is the number one drug problem in the United States. Americans spend a slightly under 100 billion dollars
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Research report on raising the drinking age. Commerce assessment 1. Introduction: this research report is going to inform and find the advantages and disadvantages of increasing the drinking age‚ this report will explain the medical‚ social‚ financial and other reasons to inform the reader on the different points given. Advantages of increasing the drinking age: Medical: Medical reasons to
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The Legal Drinking Age Kyra C. Lyons Bryant & Stratton College Phil 250 Mike Sulak July 3‚ 2012 Increasing or decreasing the legal age at which people can purchase and drink alcohol has been a controversial issue for quite some time now. Some people say that it should be lowered because teens drink anyway‚ some say that it should increase or the stay the same due to health risk. There are many other viewpoints to both sides and in this paper we are going to explore both sides to the story
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