Since 1987‚ it has been argued that the legal drinking age in the United States should be lowered to 18 so that young adults are allowed to drink in certain environments. This argument has many sides which can be argued. At 18‚ you are considered an adult. You can vote‚ charged with adult crimes‚ and even die for your country‚ but you cannot consume alcohol. To me that is discriminating against people in the age group of 18-20. As of now‚ adults over 21 years old are allowed to drink in places
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even be able to participate in your own champagne toast. Some adults like to say that you aren’t mature enough or physically able to handle drinking until you are 21.When you are 18 you are judged mature enough to vote‚ hold public office‚ serve on juries‚ serve in the military possibly die for your country‚ fly airplanes‚ sign contracts and so on. Why is drinking a beer an act of greater responsibility and maturity than flying an airplane or serving your country at war? The truth is that its not
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Keep the Drinking Age 21 The legal age to consume alcohol is the topic of many conversations. Should we lower it or keep it the same? There are many arguments for keeping the legal drinking age at twenty-one. I feel three of the most important reasons are; the impact drinking at an early age has on the brains development‚ the number of alcohol related automobile accidents involving underage drunk drivers‚ and my belief that there would be increased alcohol consumption among even younger teenagers
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Legal drinking age should be raised In this short composition I’m going to write about the reasons to disagree or agree with the idea‚ that legal drinking age should be raised. In this paragraph i will present you the reasons to disagree. When someone tells us‚ that the government should raise the legal drinking age it sounds good. But after five minutes‚ when you think about it for a while you start thinking otherwise. The reason for that is; you know that not only 18 year olds drink‚ but
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John Smith Negative: The legal drinking age in the U.S. should be lowered to 18. Introduction We believe that the drinking age across the United States should stay at 21 years of age. Several states are currently petitioning that the drinking age be lowered; however‚ we find this to be dangerous and extremely unnecessary. The first reason why we would like the drinking age to stay the same is because of history. From the end of Prohibition (when alcohol was not allowed to be manufactured
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Teenagers become adults at the age of eighteen; they earn the responsibility to vote and to fight for our country‚ so why shouldn’t they be able to consume alcohol? Some adults feel that lowering the legal drinking age would cause more problems on the road and in bars or night clubs‚ but until we give young adults the opportunity to prove themselves‚ we are just stereotyping every eighteen-year-old. Here are a couple of reasons that lowering the legal drinking age makes sense: eighteen-year-olds
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Legal Drinking Age In the United States‚ the legal drinking age for all fifty states and the District of Columbia is twenty-one. The drinking age is twenty-one because the government decided this is when a person becomes legally responsible to handle the repercussions of consuming alcohol. The U.S. has the highest legal drinking age in the world. Only four countries in the world have a legal drinking age over eighteen‚ making the US an exception rather than the rule. Some people may argue that
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Lowering the Drinking Age: A Fuzzy Essay Young adults‚ who are between the ages of 18 and 19‚ have the right to fight and die for their country‚ yet they do not have the privilege to sit down and enjoy a beer with his or her family or friends legally. This is one of the most popular arguments spoken about when lowering the drinking age back to eighteen is brought up. In Dr. Ruth C. Engs essay “Why the drinking age should be lowered: An opinion based upon research‚” she brings about very strong
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| Why the Drinking Age Shouldn’t Be Lowered | | The Side Effects of Under Age Drinking | | Why the Drinking Age Shouldn’t Be Lowered | | The Side Effects of Under Age Drinking | Hewlett-Packard [Pick the date] Authored by: Manika Washington Hewlett-Packard [Pick the date] Authored by: Manika Washington I. Introduction The drinking age should not be lowered because alcohol has an effect on teens health and may make them vulnerable to diseases‚ increase violent
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Lowering the Drinking Age to 18 It’s your 18th birthday and your finally a legal adult. Immediately you can smoke cigarettes‚ vote‚ be a jury member‚ even join the military and fight for your country. But don’t think about a having a beer at your going away party the night before you depart for the Middle East. No‚ you will have to wait until your 21. As an American citizens we are given many responsibilities at the age of 18. One of them not being the ability to consume alcohol. So I believe
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