10211/25/2010 | | Why the Drinking Age Should Not be Lowered. | | According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ “Increasing the age at which people can legally purchase and drink alcohol has been the most successful intervention to date in reducing drinking and alcohol-related crashes among people under the age of 21.”(Nakaya) Among teens and young adults‚ alcohol is the drug of choice. Many are not aware that they are harming their bodies when drinking. Teens may come intoxicated
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The legalization of marijuana is a controversial topic not just in New Zealand but all over the world. Some people think that marijuana is great e.g. it relieves pain‚ calms you down and is not physically addictive. Other people do believe in this point of view the say that it can physically harm your body‚ harms babies and leads to harder drugs. Firstly marijuana is not physically addictive. This means the body will not crave the way it will with other drugs such as heroin where people become
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Should taxes on alcohol be raised? Consequences of alcohol tax rates on beverages consumption and alcohol-related complications have been widely studied over the past fifty years. Nowadays‚ the challenge for both economists and politicians is to estimate and form a tax level that maximizes social prosperity and most efficiently increases incomes. Alcohol taxation is an essential component of a complete alcohol control strategy. Even if any increase in alcohol tax rates will not cause a significant
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concerning the legal drinking age remaining at twenty-one or being lowered to eighteen. John J. Miller‚ backed up with about one-hundred college presidents and chancellors‚ strongly believes that the legal drinking age of twenty one has failed and is not working. However‚ there is research and statistical data that suggests lowering the drinking age would cause several car related accidents‚ potentially increase a teen’s vulnerability of alcoholism‚ and increase binge drinking. John McCardell‚ a
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The United States’ legal age of adulthood is eighteen. A person may smoke cigarettes‚ vote in elections‚ get married‚ play the lottery‚ and join the military. If a person can make those decisions at eighteen‚ why not decisions on their own alcohol consumption? Universal age of adulthood should be eighteen for everything‚ including alcohol consumption. Let’s be honest‚ why does the government even try? Young adults under twenty one are going to drink. They’re going to hide it in their trunks or bags;
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Gabriel Araujo Mrs. Brooks English II 7 May 2013 Freedom of Expression: Why Drinking Age Should be Lowered At age 18 in the United States you are now considered an adult‚ and expected to make your own decisions‚ hopefully the right ones. If you want you can even sign up for the military or vote for president. These decisions are not easy to make which is why only an adult can decide these types of decisions. Even though you can make all these grown up decisions‚ you can not make the decision
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Should the drinking age be lowered to 16? At the moment in Australia the drinking age is 18 and I think that it is time to taking the case of lowering the age into our own hands. Surveys show that nearly 10 million youths aged 12-20 in Australia report that they have consumed alcohol in a 30 day period in 2011. The century council has created a survey‚ results show that over 55% of teenagers (12-17) said they had been offered or had the opportunity to drink alcohol in the last 12 months. Most teenagers
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controversial argument amongst Americans is determining that the current legal drinking age which is 21 should be lowered to eighteen or not. Researching the following propaganda made me understand the dangers to the youth and people in America if the drinking age were to lower. Therefore i will argue with whoever disagrees with me that the drinking age should be lowered. I’d like to explain six reasons to why the drinking age should not be lowered beginning with the strongest reasons. First reason being
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Every weekend there are young adults ages eighteen to twenty engaging in underage drinking at parties. Alcohol plays a huge role in today’s’ society. More people drink today than ever before. It is clear that alcohol has had a good impact on people’s lives‚ but it is more clear that it has had an negative impact on people’s lives. Alcoholic beverages include good things such as happiness for celebrations. Downfalls of alcohol include DUIs‚ addictions‚ and death. Young adults break the law on a regular
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(Dowshen). These students are more likely to show serious drinking problems later in life during middle age and adulthood. People are debating that the minimum legal drinking age of 21 years is not working to stop youths from drinking alcohol. Lowering the drinking age to 18 will make alcohol more available to those that are younger to purchase and consume. Even though 18 is the legal age of adulthood‚ the minimum legal drinking age should remain at 21 because the 18-year-old adult body is not done
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