In " It’s Time to Let Teenagers Drink Again" (Time magazine May 19‚ 2014) Camille Paglia believe the rule of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act should be "repealed". Beside the right of voting‚ serving in the military or entering contracts‚ teenagers should be allowed to buy beer and wine. The author thinks the rule is restricting personal choice of teenagers. The reason that the rule was created‚ is about the increasing of drunk driving causes of traffic accidents‚ but Camille Paglia thinks it
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year olds can risk their lives for others‚ why can’t they drink? 18 year olds should be allowed to drink because they are legally considered adults‚ they could be taught in how to drink responsibly‚ and it would take away the thrill of drinking illegally. At the age of 18‚ people are legally considered an adult. As a result‚ they should get to choose if they want to drink or not. The Constitution and State Laws give 18 year olds several rights and responsibilities such as the right to vote‚ smoke
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Why Should the Legal Age for Tattooing be Lowered? Would you prefer your child/grandchild have a safe tattoo or a potentially life threatening disease? A tattoo may be a scary thing for the parent of a teenager‚ but in the heart of a parent who loves their child the possible dangers of a tattoo achieved through the ambition of a teenager should far outweigh a little bit of ink-stained skin. Legal tattoo parlors are required to be licensed‚ provide a safe and sanitary environment‚ follow proper
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with American laws but I believe one thing is right‚ the drinking age. In the article "What is the Age of Responsibility?"‚ contributors Franklin Zimring and Alexander Wagenaar support my belief that adulthood starts at the age of 21. Through evaluation‚ it is clear the age in which an adolescent can handle responsibility with drinking is 21. This should be considered the ideal age of adulthood because‚ lower ages are too immature and older ages already have the ability to handle a lot of other responsibilities
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underage drinking in Australia. This topic was chosen because underage drinking is one of many legal issues facing Australian society. Teenagers‚ often between the ages of 12 and 17‚ have come to the point of thinking that under-age binge drinking is ‘cool’ and tolerable in our society‚ but Australian law begs to differ. The aim of this report is to investigate the controversy of under-age drinking and Queensland’s legislation such as the Liquor Act 1992. A minor is a person under 18 years of age. Under
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1 Ageism is discrimination based on age which is usually geared toward older people. Ageism exist throughout our society in employment‚ healthcare‚ social media‚ politics‚ and many other areas. There are two types of ageism direct and indirect age discrimination. Direct age discrimination happens when someone is treated unfairly due to their age. Indirect age discrimination is when a practice or requirement is enforced that blocks a person due to their age. Ageism is an act of being prejudice
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Is the age of responsibility 25 years old?. What I will be talking be explaining is why the age of responsibility should be 25 years old. According to Alan Greenblatt‚” In 2009 most of the states issues were by people younger than 21 years old”. This is why I believe that the legal age should be 25 because at the age of 18 years old the brain is only half developed and at 25 years of age it is fully developed. And if this keeps up we will have more and more teens dying‚ and the percentage will just
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Synthesis Essay Four The minimum drinking age articles “Tempest in a Bottle”‚ by Shari Roan‚ “The Perils of Prohibition”‚ by Elizabeth M. Whelan‚ “The Minimum Legal Drinking Age: Facts and Fallacies” by Traci L. Toomey‚ Carolyn Rosenfeld‚ and Alexander Wagenaar‚ “De-Demonizing Rum: What’s Wrong with “Underage” Drinking?” by Andrew Stuttaford‚ are articles that represent why underage people shouldn’t be allowed to drink alcohol beverages. In the “Tempest in a Bottle”‚ by Shari Roan‚ explains
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underage drinking has become a major problem‚ especially on college campuses. But‚ underage drinking is not purely the root of all accidents related to alcohol. The real problem lies within the unsafe underage drinking habits amongst youth. There are ways that these alcohol-related accidents can be avoided. Several organizations have been created that are targeting a change in the legal drinking age laws. One key way to lower the risk of unsafe drinking is to lower the minimum legal drinking age from
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Drinking at 18 The drinking age should be 18 because less high school students would binge drink. For three reason. One reason is that The united states is in the minority of have the drinking age be 21. Another reason is If 18 year olds have other big responsiblities they should be resopsible enough to drink. Also having the alcohol age being 18 would make teens less likely to become criminal. There are only four countries including the United States that order 21 to be the drinking age. In
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