whether or not the drinking age should be dropped down from 21 to 18. Many people have views or opinions on what the legal drinking age should or should not be. Right now the legal drinking age is 21‚ and many people‚ especially a younger crowd‚ are working extremely hard to change that to 18. All over the world‚ different countries have a different standard which leads to a different drinking age. There is a reason why the United States has put the legal drinking age at 21. This was to ensure that
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people do things that do not make sense. So why should policy makers consider the people’s fears if it could drive epidemics? The policies are written for the people so it should take into consideration the belief that they have as well as their fears. Others argue that policy makers should not consider the people’s fears. The policies are written for the people‚ but who is to say that people know best? Since the policy makers are responsible‚ they should know what is right. However‚ the policies are
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Appropriate Technology 1. Appropriate Technology There is unanimity among the economists over the choice of AT. According to Yale Brozen‚ “ the AT for an area depends on its resources‚ patterns and its markets. It is therefore defined as an amalgam of skills methods‚ techniques and equipments that can contribute towards solving the basic soci-economic problems of the concerned communities”. • AT should‚ be utilized for development purposes in the name of social justice
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Tiffany Gallt Ms. Wing English 12 15 December 2012 Voting Age: Should it be reduced? The very idea of America is freedom and opportunity for everybody. Amongst these is the most valued legal right within a democracy: the right to vote. However‚ an unfortunate reality is that the majority of the people ages 16-17 cannot ("Age and Sex Composition in the United States: 2011"). With the ever falling number of participants in political votes due to the event of the generation of the baby boomers dying
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Alcohol drinking age should be decreased National University July 14‚ 2013 The drinking age should be decreased from age 21 to 18 years old in the United States. One of the biggest problems
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Because of safety concerns‚ many states have increased the age at which teens can begin to drive. The state legislature is considering raising the minimum driving age from 16 to 18. I do have a opinion on this subject. I am in the age group of these teenagers which the age is trying to be raised. The driving age should not be raised. The driving age shouldn’t be raised because at the age of 16 you can be working. A driver’s license will allow a teenager to have transportation. The transportation
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Why Tobacco Advertising Should Be Made Illegal? By Irina Goloborodko Tobacco advertising should be made illegal. First of all it is correspondent with growing death rate. In average‚ over 400 000 people die from tobacco usage every year. We should not support tobacco advertising when it is harmful to everyone. The only kind of advertising that has to deal with tobacco should be associated with stop smoking. Such advertising should help people to bring up smoking or should inform people about
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irresponsible and not able to decide on their own for the most part. In the United States‚ it is not until the age of 21 that young adults are seen as mature people to make life changing decisions. It is not until this age that people are allowed legally drink. However‚ this law is most times ignored as teens involve in drinking behavior at a much earlier age. On the other end‚ at a much younger age‚ they are allowed to choose a president and die for their country. The fact that young people are not allowed
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The Drinking Age in The U.S. Should Be Lowered When a person turns eighteen‚ he or she can get married‚ vote‚ pay taxes‚ purchase cigarettes‚ be tried as an adult for crimes‚ legally use their own credit card‚ purchase real estate‚ and even enter the military. When a United States citizen turns eighteen‚ that person is considered a legal adult. According to The United States Constitution‚ “The right of citizens of the United States‚ who are eighteen-years of age or older‚ to vote shall not be denied
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America the drinking age is twenty one years old. Many people want to know why the age limit is not eighteen if it is the age of adulthood in the United States. If a person can vote at eighteen and change the president of the country‚ then he/she should be able to pick up a drink at the age of 18 (adulthood) when he/she wants to. If the age for drinking cannot be eighteen then why does it have to be twenty one? Who said twenty one year old people are mature enough? Since the age of adulthood is eighteen
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