Drinking Age The drinking age was moved from 18 to 21 for a reason. The higher drinking age of 21 has saved many lives‚ helped reduce the amount of underage drinking‚ and therefore should not be lowered. Many studies from a large variety of sources have proven higher drinking ages have a positive effect on society. Alcohol is harmful to the development of younger people. Research has shown that an adult is less likely to binge
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Underage drinking has a lot of negative outcomes and can affect you and the people around you. Drinking on campus can also negatively affect and jeopardize your status as a student. It can also be a danger to your health. Alcohol is the number one drug problem in America according to an online source from www.sacsherriff.com. It causes you to make bad decisions that you wouldn’t normally make. People become dazed‚ belligerent‚ and often find themselves with fines‚ at the hospital or even jail.
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Underage Drinking Underage drinkers drink to look cool and it may be the social thing to do at the latest party or even at home; feeling curious a teen may consume alcohol to fit in with their surroundings. This can be due to the fact that the minor could be pressured into drinking. With all the popular media hype about alcohol and especially during the Super Bowl; it just shows minors that it is okay to participate in drinking and if they do‚ this great boost will occur. The other cause to these
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COLLEGE DRINKING: SOCIOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW Alcohol – one of the most misused drugs today – is one of the most popular and readily available of all types found on contemporary college and university campuses. Waking in a stupor after the previous night ’s party‚ missing classes‚ falling behind and ultimately losing whatever funding may have accompanied one ’s higher education is but one representation of how drugs can detrimentally impact one ’s college experience. Many students think college
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“The Legal Drinking Age May Provide a Safer Environment.” Greenhaven Press 15 May 2005: Opposing Viewpoints in Context. http//ic.galegroup.com Tardiff‚ Joseph. “Preface‚ Effects to Teenage Drinking.” Greenhaven Press 14 August 2008: Opposing Viewpoints in Context. http//ic.galegroup.com Tardiff‚ Joseph. “Preface to patterns of Teenage Alcohol Consumptions.” Greenhaven Press 7 July 2008: Opposing Viewpoints in Context. http//ic.galegroup.com Teen Drinking What is the Effect
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Teen drinking is a serious problem and each year the statistics go higher and higher and more and more teens are drinking. This is a safety issue for teens are not old enough to know how to control their drinking. In an article I read called‚ “let my teenager drink”‚ written by T.R. Reid‚ suggests that it’s okay to let our teens drink. On the opposed side‚ Author Joseph A. Califano writes in his article that it is not okay to allow teens to drink. Reid does make some good points in his article
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Lyndsey M. Pickens 11 November 2013 Underage Drinking Underage drinking is very common among high school students‚ whether it be to “fit in” with their friends or to try something new. There are many reasons people drink when they are underage‚ but they may not know all the risks or consequences that follow. Some of the major things that can come from teen drinking are alcohol related deaths‚ illnesses‚ and diseases‚ and bad choices made while under the influence. There are also many effects
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of water on Earth is drinkable. Every living thing‚ including us‚ need water because it is essential for life. But of course‚ many water consumers today want to drink water that is clean and affordable for themselves and their families. Tap water is more beneficial than bottled water because it is inexpensive‚ convenient‚ and does not harm the environment with waste. First‚ tap water is very cheap and affordable. In Annie Leonard’s article‚ “The Story of Bottled Water”‚ saids “Bottled water costs
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Source for Tap vs Bottled water http://responsibility-project.libertymutual.com/blog/the-bottle-vs-tap-debate-revs-up?src=keyword_s=ggl_K=tap%20water_C=Responsibility_G=BottleVsTap_Water_M=b&K_CLICKID=32f700e1-f23a-6529-9a6d-00001206db72#fbid=OQta-fwSm5-&src=keyword_s http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/30/do-you-drink-bottled-water/ http://voices.yahoo.com/cokes-dasani-pepsis-aquafina-not-pure-spring-water-474872.html?cat=69 http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/water/factsheet/com/bottledwater
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BOTTLED WATER – A REPORT 1. INTRODUCTION: The global bottled water industry has become very profitable in the past ten years. Huge multinational companies currently make billions of dollars on water they simply extract from the ground‚ slap a label on and sell at competitive prices. Examples of these companies includes: Aquafina (Pepsi)‚ Dasani (Coke)‚ Perrier (Nestle)‚ Evian‚ and Fiji Water among hundreds of others. Many countries have become very oriented toward bottled water. According to
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