that the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen because if the teen is responsible they should be able to drink. Many teenagers have parties that have alcohol at the parties. The teens have other people buy the drinks and then the teenager will pay that person. The fact is that no matter the drinking age there will always be underage drinking. The drinking age should be eighteen because adults are allowed to make their own decisions and at the age of eighteen the person is now an adult (Should
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Lowering the Drinking Age The U.S. has the drinking problem. The young people‚ especially the college students‚ drink in excessive ways that have dangerous and damaging effect. Many people say the best way for combat this problem is to keep the Minimum Legal Drinking Age‚ or the MLDA‚ for 21 years and older adults. They argue the worst thing is to encourage more young people to drink alcohol because this will cause more risky behavior and even more deaths‚ as from traffic fatalities. Of course
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The Pros and Cons of Lowering the Drinking Age to Eighteen In the United States‚ the whole of 50 states have set the age limit to drink as 21 years‚ which is higher than other countries. However‚ people have opinion that lowering the drinking age to 18 years of age as people have the right recently. According to “Los Angeles Times”‚ we could know that more than 130 college chancellors and presidents have signed a petition introduced in 2008 in support of the idea. Although this was a highly welcomed
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that must be taken seriously at all times. Many teenagers patiently await the time when they can drive. Being able to go places without their parents driving them is something all teenagers dream of. Although for some‚ the thought of teenagers driving creates an uneasy feeling. The legal teenage driving age has always been a controversial topic‚ there are several who support raising the legal age‚ but there are also ones that are against raising the age. In order to form an opinion‚ one must carefully
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The Legal Drinking Age Kyra C. Lyons Bryant & Stratton College Phil 250 Mike Sulak July 3‚ 2012 Increasing or decreasing the legal age at which people can purchase and drink alcohol has been a controversial issue for quite some time now. Some people say that it should be lowered because teens drink anyway‚ some say that it should increase or the stay the same due to health risk. There are many other viewpoints to both sides and in this paper we are going to explore both sides to the story
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This research is to study if teens should be allowed to drink an alcoholic beverage in the teenagers’ home with the consent of a parent. Teens who drink without an adult around tend to drink more‚ then when a responsible adult is around. Teenagers who drink more could be putting themselves at risk of dangerous situations‚ such as car accidents‚ violent behavior‚ alcohol poisoning‚ and other health problems. If a responsible parent is supervising when a teen is drinking the parent can control the
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The secondary school system of today is strongly out of date‚ and putting young adults enrolled in these institutions at risk. In Leon Botstein’s essay‚ “Let Teenagers Try Adulthood‚” the question of reforming the modern day secondary schooling system is brought to light. His plan has some flaws‚ but the idea of creating a new schooling system to accommodate for the rapid developmental stages occurring in today’s youth is worth expanding on. The youth of today is developing at a shockingly speedy
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INTRODUCTION from approximately ages 40-60 y declining physical skills increasing responsibilities increasing self-satisfaction increasing awareness of time (past‚ future) PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT mostly gradual changes decreasing height / increasing weight after 55‚ approximately 2 inches lost for men‚ 1 inch for women decreasing bone density (for women‚ loss is twice as fast) decreasing strength 10% loss by 60 y decreasing vision‚ light
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evident that many young men are too reckless and impulsive to be good drivers.To protect the larger society‚ the age at which a boy can earn his license should be raised to eighteen. Raise the Driving License Age to Eighteen Throughout the history‚ people have always wanted what they can’t have. So is desire of teenagers to have driving license. More than 5000 teenagers die in car accidents every year. Isn’t this shocking? Indeed a very large number-according to the statistics
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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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