Lower the Drinking Age to 18 Over 700 soldiers under the age of 21 have lost their lives fighting in Iraq. And According to the government they were responsible enough to die for their country‚ but not responsible enough to have a drink of alcohol. In the United States a person is allowed to vote‚ join the military‚ and take the risks of life and death‚ and are considered a legal adult all at the age of 18. Therefore shouldn’t they also be trusted to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption
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Carraway Mrs. Howell Honors English III Sep 17th‚ 2012 The Age Shall Stay According to The National Institute of Health approximately 5‚000 teenagers and young adults under the age of 21 die each year to alcohol related causes. Since they put a legal age on drinking in 1964‚ estimates of 7‚000 to 10‚000 lives have been saved each year. Yet many people still insist that it should be lowered. People that favor the side of lowering the age use no logical facts in their argument besides the revenue
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The legal drinking age refers to the youngest age at which a person is legally allowed to buy and consumes alcoholic beverages. The drinking age varies from country to country. Here in the United States the legal drinking age is twenty-one. There has been much debate on whether the drinking age in the United States should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen. People in favor of keeping the drinking age at twenty-one believe that there will be less alcohol related injuries and deaths from
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this brings up the question‚ should the legal drinking age of alcohal be lowered to 18 years old? Many people around the nation state that teens of 18 years old are developed enough to not get affected by alcohol‚ that it would decrease binge drinking‚ and that teens would have to be private about drinking and could do it in more supervised‚ safe environments. But‚ after research‚ it is clear to see these claims are not true or reasonable. The legal drinking age should definitely not be lowered because
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Paper 2 Drinking Age: 21 or 18? Some of the most overlooked types of drugs are those that are legal. Specifically‚ alcohol is one of the most widely used drugs in the world‚ and yet‚ many people don’t think of this substance upon hearing the word “drug.” This drug contributes to significantly more deaths than some illegal drugs such as marijuana (which has not been reported to cause any deaths)‚ and yet alcohol is still legal. On the flipside‚ alcohol is outlawed for minors under the age of 21‚
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drink. Those are the types of arguments the proponents for the eighteen drinking age will generally give‚ but there is more to consider when it comes to the topic of alcohol. In an article published in The Los Angeles Times‚ Shari Roan explains the pros and cons of the drinking age. She states that “… [there are] approximately 1‚700 alcohol related deaths in the United States among college students each year” and if the drinking age gets set to eighteen‚ this number is more than likely to rise. Alcohol
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Martino English Comp Annotated Bibliography Change the Age to Save the Lives The legal drinking age in the United States is the only age that is above 19 years of age. Everywhere else in the world the age is 19 and under and some countries don’t even have a drinking age. The drinking age should be lowered to 18 because it will help all the problems that come with underage drinking. There is a numerous amount of reasons to change the drinking age to 18 and there are also many opposing thoughts on it
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The possible compromise for the Drinking Age Many debate whether the drinking age is at a reasonable age. It has been a controversial topic that has influenced many people and has been disputed upon numerous times. The drinking age should be lowered to age 19‚ for many reasons. The majority of teenagers that want to drink‚ are already drinking before the age of 21. At age 19 students are out of High School‚ and getting ready to live on their own. They also have the responsibility of making choices
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related to drinking are most common to new drinkers regardless of the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA)? Or‚ that in countries with the MLDA 18‚ there is a huge decrease in drunk driving accidents than in the USA? I believe that you can drink responsibly at eighteen; therefore‚ the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen. I believe the MLDA should be eighteen because when you are considered an adult and have many other responsibilities‚ the MLDA 21 is highly ineffective‚ and lowering the age would
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Noel Reyes Underage Drinking Title: Teen Drinking 1. Introduction Attention getter: Hello my name is Noel Reyes. Did you know that the National Institute of Health recorded that each year over 5000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking? More than 1‚700 college students in the U.S. are killed each year-about 4.65 a day-- as a result of alcohol-related injuries. Its a growing problem that isn’t going to go away over night. A. Reason audience will be interested: This
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