Carraway Mrs. Howell Honors English III Sep 17th‚ 2012 The Age Shall Stay According to The National Institute of Health approximately 5‚000 teenagers and young adults under the age of 21 die each year to alcohol related causes. Since they put a legal age on drinking in 1964‚ estimates of 7‚000 to 10‚000 lives have been saved each year. Yet many people still insist that it should be lowered. People that favor the side of lowering the age use no logical facts in their argument besides the revenue
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The possible compromise for the Drinking Age Many debate whether the drinking age is at a reasonable age. It has been a controversial topic that has influenced many people and has been disputed upon numerous times. The drinking age should be lowered to age 19‚ for many reasons. The majority of teenagers that want to drink‚ are already drinking before the age of 21. At age 19 students are out of High School‚ and getting ready to live on their own. They also have the responsibility of making choices
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What Should the Legal Drinking Age Really Be? Throughout the years in American history‚ alcohol has always been debated. It has been debated on whether or not to even allow its consumption in the United States‚ and what age is appropriate for Americans to start drinking alcohol. Many people believe that one is not mature enough to handle alcohol at any age below twenty-one‚ because they will abuse it. This leads them to believe that the current legal drinking age should stay at twenty-one. However
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and gaining freedom. When turning this age‚ you are allowed to join the military‚ get married and receive all the rights and responsibilities of an adult. However‚ having a wedding at this age means that during the celebration‚ one is not allowed to share a glass of Champagne during the toasts because the drinking age is 21. The United States is one of the few countries in the world to have such a high legal drinking age. Therefore the drinking age should be lowered to 18 because you are able to
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S. thinks so. New laws are coming into place to put an age limit on trick or treaters. Setting an age restriction for trick or treaters is causing an influx of teens doing unfavorable actions‚ also allowing the local government to have a great deal of power over the religious beliefs of others. With these laws in place to ban trick or treating for ages 17 and higher more teens are out later and drinking more. Under age drinking is a risk factor that has appeared because of the age ban. The local
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system. New Zealand is a pluralist society. Our people are diverse and since the introduction of a MMP electoral system there is greater opportunity for groups to be involved in politics. Pressure groups are particularly active in the New Zealand political system which is illustrated in this paper by studying their involvement in the development of the Emissions Trading Scheme. A pluralist democracy places additional demands on policy makers who have many interests to consider. As New Zealand becomes
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moderation and responsibility at an early age we could still enjoy the benefits of drinking in a more controlled environment. The laws that focus on drinking need to be formed to include all of the teaching moments and benefits that go along with a privilege like moderate alcohol consumption. In the United States 47 of the 50 states have their age of majority at 18‚ and turning 18 comes with the rights and responsibilities of being an adult. At the age of 18 you can join the military. If you can
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Since the states increased their drinking age to 21 in 1987‚ every citizen of this country between the ages of 18 and 20 have been oppressed by the very people elected to power to protect their rights. It is evident that the legal drinking age among Americans should be lowered to the legal age of adulthood‚ 18 years. At this age‚ any American can marry without their Parent ’s approval and can move out of their guardian ’s house and live on their own. Why are these adults deprived of their right to
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Lower the Drinking Age to 18 Over 700 soldiers under the age of 21 have lost their lives fighting in Iraq. And According to the government they were responsible enough to die for their country‚ but not responsible enough to have a drink of alcohol. In the United States a person is allowed to vote‚ join the military‚ and take the risks of life and death‚ and are considered a legal adult all at the age of 18. Therefore shouldn’t they also be trusted to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption
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DRINKING AGE DEBATE Should the drinking age be lowered to 18 years old‚ when one is considered an adult‚ and assumes adult privileges and penalties‚ or should the drinking age remain at 21 years old‚ since people are more mature and therefore‚ can be safe and responsible with alcohol? I believe that the drinking age should remain at 21 years old because lowering the legal drinking age would not be in the best interest of the public ’s safety‚ as well as today ’s youth. The most fundamental
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