Carolina Quiroga April 02‚ 2012 Leslie Jones English 102 The Drinking Age and Young Adults. Because underage drinking is a major problem for young adults‚ the drinking age has become a very controversial issue. In the 1990’s‚ the drinking age was 18‚ but it was changed to 21 in 1984. The Federal Government informed states to choose between raising the drinking age to 21 or foregoing highway funding. This decision obviously affected 18 to 20 year olds who could no longer buy alcoholic beverages
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the Minimum Legal Drinking Alcohol consumption is the third leading actual cause of death in the United States‚ a major contributing factor to unintentional injuries‚ the leading cause of death for young people‚ and it accounts for an estimated 75‚000 or more total deaths in the United States annually. There have been a lot of discussions about whether to keep the minimum legal drinking age at 21 or to lower the minimum legal drinking age to 18. The minimum legal drinking age in the United States
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The Minimum Drinking Age Should Remain at 21 INTRODUCTION: Imagine a man who is in his mid-forties‚ he has a nice house and nice car‚ with 2 beautiful children‚ ages 14 and 18. He is one of those parents who has done everything and anything for his kids‚ as any parent would. He has gone through all the hard times of raising them and taking care of them‚ and they are almost on that brink of becoming adults. Then one Friday night‚ he gets a call at 2:45 in the morning. It’s the police. They start off
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The minimum age for purchasing and consuming alcohol is debated since its official change to 21 years old‚ but even more so now because of the fact that alcohol-related accidents are the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Before the initial change in 1984‚ states had a variety of drinking ages‚ usually being 18 years old‚ but this proved to be dangerous (“Minimum Drinking Age‚” 2015‚ p.11). The organization Mother’s Against Drunk Driving formed after members noticed an
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on whether or not the drinking age should be dropped down from 21 to 18. Many people have views or opinions on what the legal drinking age should or should not be. Right now the legal drinking age is 21‚ and many people‚ especially a younger crowd‚ are working extremely hard to change that to 18. All over the world‚ different countries have a different standard which leads to a different drinking age. There is a reason why the United States has put the legal drinking age at 21. This was to ensure that
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Speech 1060 July 16th‚ 2011 Persuasion Speech Lowering Legal Drinking Age General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: Want audience to agree that lowering drinking age to 18 won’t be as bad as some are making it out to be. Organizational Pattern: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. I. Introduction: a. Attention strategy: When was the last time you wanted to crack open a cold Bud Light and chug it? Maybe you are over 21 and it you do it all of the time. b. Does the topic relate to
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the world has their drinking age at 18 or 19 In 190 countries‚ there minimum legal drinking age is 18-19 There are only 12 counties that have their legal age at 21. There is 61% of countries that are in the age of 21 Germany has new policy to deal with drunk driving which include fine and name on index for traffic offender‚ license probation period ‚ and complete a course on behavior in traffic “Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) in 190 Countries - Minimum Legal Drinking Age - hhhhhhhProCon.org
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Drinking underage is a serious problem that the U.S is facing. There is a lot of problems with the drinking age 21‚ but if you lower or upper the drinking age not much difference will happen. The human brain isn’t fully developed until the age 21. Teenagers don’t know enough to make informed‚ smart decisions relating to alcohol. The drinking age shouldn’t be lowered because of three very real risks like: drunk driving‚ alcohol poisoning‚ and violent and/or destructive behavior. We have research
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Should the Alcohol Drinking Age Be Increased or Decreased? Bigjohny‚ Alinda. “Opinion: Should the Legal Drinking Age Stay As-Is?” Opinion: The Legal Drinking Age Stay the As-Is?” Manchester.edu‚ n d Wed 13 Apr 2016 http://www.manchester.edu/OSD/OakLeaves/archives/Issue_14/OpinionShouldtheLegalDrinkingAgeStayAs-Is.htm This essay was written to persuade the reader on the topic of keeping the drinking age where it is now. It gives details on why it’s to be taken seriously. I plan of using this to get
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There should be a minimum drinking age 1. Growth a. Alcohol consumption can interfere with development of the young adult brain’s frontal lobes‚ essential for functions such as emotional regulation‚ planning‚ and organization. When alcohol consumption interferes with this early adult brain development‚ the potential for chronic problems such as greater vulnerability to addiction‚ dangerous risk-taking behavior‚ reduced decision-making ability‚ memory loss‚ depression‚ violence‚ and suicide is greater
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