harm reduction strategies‚ the National Binge Drinking
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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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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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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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Drinking is an issue Alcohol is a controversial topic and its usage a more critical issue in front of us. Drinking is related to vivid debates all around the country‚ with netizens arguing on what should be decided. Some argue that the age should be lowered as it is open jurisdiction to everyone. But if we take the things as what I think‚ it should be raised. I have other reason but cause may be varied. Hence‚ through a conclusive reason which may be vivid‚ but there is a lot of debate over the drinking
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Jackson Professor Sampol English 0-95 October 31‚ 2013 Lowering the legal drinking age Lowering the MLDA (Minimal Legal Drinking Age) drinking age has always been and will always be a big topic of discussion. Many may say that 21 is the age of adulthood and should remain the legal drinking age but many more disagree with that. The MLDA drinking age should be lowered because it is good for economy‚ 18 Is the age of adulthood and it would diminish the thrill of breaking the law to get a drink
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forward to the day they turn 21 so they can legally consume alcohol. This drinking age was first introduced under the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984. Under this act‚ “all states were required to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21” (alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org). Although many adults enjoy alcoholic beverages‚ some individuals do not responsibly do so. For this reason‚ the drinking age should be raised to 25 due to the overwhelming amount of evidence proving
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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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views on the drinking age. The most used age is eighteen. In the United States the drinking age is twenty-one‚ we have many different views‚ morals‚ and standards than the rest of the world. We plan for the future and want only the best for our future generations. We ensure the safety of our youth by providing these rules and regulations. Laws that maintain the legal drinking age at 21 save lives on the road‚ and protect young people from he internal and external effects of drinking. Since the
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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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