prevented. There are legal consequences due to drinking. The more a person drinks‚ the more their ability to make important decisions becomes impaired. After just one drink‚ a driver can lose their ability to perform the tasks necessary to drive a car. At a certain point‚ a driver will become illegally intoxicated and can be arrested for attempting to operate a motor vehicle. The legal system needs harsher punishment for
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Every day in America a teenager turns 18 years old. For some it means a new car‚ freedom‚ or the excitement of no longer needing your parents’ permission on serious decisions. For others its dreadful turning 18 because means that they have “aged out” of the foster care system with no afterward plans or support. Each year it is estimated that 20‚000 young people age out and this is tragic because they have no one to turn to‚ they have no home to go to and they are forced into adulthood before they
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abysmal failure. It hasn’t reduced or eliminated drinking. It has simply driven it underground‚ behind closed doors‚ into the most risky and least manageable of settings‚"(Debate) said John McCardell of “Choose Responsibility”. Choose Responsibility is a non-profit organization that is for lowering the drinking age to 18. Young adults can vote‚ fight and die for their country overseas‚ and purchase tobacco at age 18‚ but why cannot they have a beer? Drinking among the youth in the United States has escalated
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The legal drinking age is the age at which a person can consume or purchase alcoholic beverages. In 1934‚ the “Original ABC Act stated that the legal age for purchase‚ possession or consumption of any alcoholic beverage was 21 years of age” (History). The United States has the highest minimum age for alcohol consumption or purchase. Each state is responsible for setting their own minimum drinking age based on federalism. In 1984‚ the national minimum drinking age act was passed and it pushed states
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Teenage Drinking has been a factor in the past years. There are causes of drinking as well as effects of drinking and solutions. There are many causes that are related to drinking. One cause is peer pressure. Peer pressure comes from older people that are probably already drunk at the time‚ trying to force a teenager to have an alcoholic drink. Usually the teenager says yes. About 92% of high school seniors have admitted having tried alcohol. Many of them have tried their first drink around the
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Workman Advanced Composition Rose Bunch Paper 3: Literature Review Alcohol Advertising: The Cause of Underage Drinking? The question‚ "Is alcohol advertising the cause of underage drinking?" seems to flow through the minds of many American families. The answer to the question largely depends upon the families view on drinking in general. Some homes encourage drinking every once in a while‚ for social purposes; while others condemn it all together. The topic is very controversial with
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Legal Drinking Age‚ 18 or 21? People have always wanted what they cannot have. Starting in 1984‚ this is the attitude most lawmakers in America have taken with respect to underage drinking‚ since it was the time when many states changed their drinking age from eighteen to twenty-one. Lawmakers thought that if you raised the drinking age‚ people could drink more responsibly‚ because as you grow older‚ your brain matures and with maturity comes responsibility. Although this law‚ passed not even twenty
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Should the drinking age be raised to 21? Teenagers between the age of fifteen to eighteen are drinking an average of nine to eleven cans of beer per week. They will ruin their lives if they don’t cut down on the alcohol. Should this be enough to raise the drinking age up to twenty-one? Teenagers do not understand how dangerous alcohol can be. BBC News proved that the UK has one of the worst problems in Europe‚ with a fifth of children aged eleven to fifteen drinking at least once per week.
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Proposal Paper: Lowering the Drinking Age Although the initiative opens up a popular discussion‚ Congress‚ however‚ does not share this desire to open this topic up for conversation. In 1984‚ Thorson 2 Organizations such as M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) are already frowning upon the institutions that‚ assuming the current laws will not be enforced‚ have shown their support for the Amethyst Initiative. It was stated in September 5th‚ 2008‚ in the University of Connecticut’s Daily
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Based on my research lack of drinking water around the world is one of the major problems and one of the most affected countries is Africa. Almost all around the world water is the major problem all means a usable water and a drinking water. Lack of drinking water in Africa can be prevented by water management facilities‚ water management program‚ or a water catchment program in a specific place that uses more water than it should be. Lack of drinking water in small places is a very big problem and
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