If age 18 is legally considered an adult‚ why can’t they drink alcohol? In 1984 the drinking law was changed from 18 to 21(Procon.org)‚ since then there has been a 13% rise in car accidents due to under age drinking ‚ 300 deaths and 2‚100 homicides per year due to under age drinking. Therefore I believe the age to consume alcohol should be lowered to a younger age. At age 18 you are legally considered an adult‚ you are able to join the military‚ get married and even start taking classes to run
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Karolyn Elizabeth Spillman English 015 Proposal Argument What is the first thing that pops into your head whenever you hear about a crime? Think about it. Most people would automatically say urban communities because they are the most commonly known neighborhood to commit violent crimes. “Black on black crime” exemplifies any other type of gang violence today. Crime itself is classified to be an illegal act that harms the public welfare or morals. I am interested in gang violence because I have had
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When you turn 18 you have many responsibilities and privileges in the United States. You are allowed to vote‚ get married adopt a child. You are now considered an adult. There are expectations that are now required of you. In adulthood you are expected to act a certain way. You are expected to make decisions and carry out your responsibilities that can and will affect you life. However our cultures approach to childhood is hypocritical and has damaged the adulthood of some people as a cause and
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Atomic number | Element | Percent of Mass[2][3][4][5] | Mass (kg)[6] | Atomic percent | Positive health role in mammals[7] | Group | 8 | Oxygen | 65 | 43 | 24 | Yes (water‚ electron acceptor) /No (Reactive Oxygen Species) | 16 | 6 | Carbon | 18 | 16 | 12 | Yes (organic compounds are hydrocarbon derivatives) | 14 | 1 | Hydrogen | 10 | 7 | 63 | Yes (e.g. water) | 1 | 7 | Nitrogen | 3 | 1.8 | 0.58 | Yes (e.g. DNA and amino acids) | 15 | 20 | Calcium | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.24 | Yes (e.g. Calmodulin and Hydroxylapatite inbones)
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many countries with a minimum drinking age of 18” (18 Interesting Pro…). So why does the United States keep the age that you can have libations at 21? There has been a debate going on whether the drinking age should be 21 or 18. People have brought up statistics on the amount of wrecks and the amount of money going back into the economy. So the United States needs to change the drinking age‚ the drinking age should be 18 because a person is legally an adult at 18‚ there’s less risky behaviors‚ and
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believe you should be 18 to drive a car or a motor vehicle. Drivers under the age of 18 shouldn’t be driving. There are many reasons why the driving age should be raised. In 2009 drivers aged 15-24 were involved in 112 fatal traffic crashes. 755 were serious injury crashes. 15-23 year old drivers were at fault for 1.3 billion dollars. Teens are more likely to take risk with their friends looking on. Some teens have the emotional maturity of an adult twice his or her age. Drivers 15-24 who have
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The people who are in the ages of 18 to 26 years years of age have the responsibility to be educated about the sake of becoming healthy‚ because every individual that are 18 through 26 are role models for young and elderly people. Many people look up to the 18 through 26 years of age because they have the power of voice to influence others. For instance‚ many people who are in college eat unhealthy because on campus there is a lot of food places for them to go out and eat. In the Sacramento Bee
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you know A child’s exposure to one type of violence increases the likelihood that the child will be exposed to other types of violence and exposed multiple times? Should everyone be tried fairly excluding age difference? A 14-year-old boy‚ Joshua Smith‚ shot his mother to death as she slept on the couch.Only because he wasn’t allowed to hang with gangs and bring females over anymore.Joshua Smith wasn’t tried as an adult because he was under age and they felt for him. So let’s say you were that child
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legal drinking age be lowered to 18 years of age. There are many reasons for lowering the legal drinking age to 18. Some of these reasons include: the fact that at the age of 18 you are considered an and take on lots of responsibilities‚ also you do not necessarily reach your peak maturity at the age of 21‚ and in addition by raising the legal drinking age to 21 in the first place‚ lives were not saved from drinking and driving s but rather transferred to a higher age group. One
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consumption of alcohol has a long history‚ the law regarding drinking age has changed over years. The debate over the drinking age in the U.S. is still causing stir. Nowadays a person who is 21 or older can legally purchase alcohol beverages. This policy attempts to protect younger people from making wrong decisions and abusing alcohol. Not everyone agrees with this theory and I’m one of these people. In my opinion young people who turn 18 should have the right to purchase and consume alcohol beverages
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