English IIIB 14 March 2013 Effects of Underage Drinking Many young people are experiencing the effects and consequences of alcohol. In the past few years‚ underage drinking has become a serious problem for many teens. It is estimated that 10 million young people under the age of 21 have drank alcohol within the past few months. Not only does alcohol effect the child‚ but also effects their family‚ friends‚ and everyone around them. Drinking in high school has become the "cool" thing to do
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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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Drinking and Driving Drinking and Driving Statistic. Driving while under the influence of alcohol is always a bad idea. Driving while under the influence of alcohol is not only a danger to yourself‚ but also to those around you. Drinking and driving is a mistake for three main reasons‚ alcohol can affect your driving capabilities‚ alcohol can impair your ability to make decisions‚ and the many dangers if anything happens while you are driving under the influence. Drinking and driving is never
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Emani 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
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underage drinking? 1 in 6 teens binge drinking and cause accidents. In the Journal of Alcohol and Drug Educations that compared with those of legal age‚ a significantly higher percentage of students under age 21 were heavy drinkers‚ and caused more accidents to themselves then what first thought of (Smith and Smith‚ 1 and 2) . Most students or “underage drinkers” don’t think about what could happen if they did drink — leading themselves into many different issues and riskier trouble. When drinking‚ most
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Weirtz 1 Taylor Weirtz Susan Vogel English Composition II 1 November 2013 Why the Drinking Age should be Lowered in the United States The United Sates has one of the highest drinking ages in the world. For this reason‚ many citizens under the legal drinking age of twenty one find this unfair and defy the law. High school and college students ignore the rule and go overboard with excessive drinking. From 1920 to 1933 alcohol was prohibited in the United States. This occurred when President
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Public Health Safe Drinking Water Bodies of water cover seventy-five percent of the world‚ yet water continues to be the quickest depleting natural resource on our planet. Drinking water can be drawn from surface fresh water or underground reservoirs. Yet only 1% of the water on the earth is available for human use‚ the rest remains too salty‚ polluted‚ or is locked away in polar ice caps. One half of the global population is currently faced with a crisis of water shortages. These shortages come
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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
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people saying: “So what! I had 3 beers and I can drive now. I am OK!” Well‚ he or he is not. Alcohol makes reaction slower‚ and we know that every second matters if you drive a car at 60 mph Police and news reports are known as the best sources for drinking and driving papers. You can also study legislative acts and statistic information. It will be very helpful if you present up to date stats on number of car accidents involving DUI. As already said‚ police reports can serve as a very informative source
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immense control over all body functions. A human brain has not fully developed until the age of 25‚ which is why the legal drinking age should not be at the age of 21. It gives off harmful alterations in the functions of the development of the brain and therefore doesn’t give the brain the full amount of time that it needs to grow. While the brain is still developing‚ drinking a heavy amount may cause damages to certain brain functions and have lasting health effects. Some examples to body functions
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