Should the legal driving age be lowered to 16? Outline: * Intro: Details-driving can be complicated -needs concentration
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Vaughn Mrs. Kachurak Eng. 102-001 2-4-2013 Lower the Drinking Age: End America’s Addiction Although alcohol has been around for quite some time‚ it has recently begun to pose a problem in the past few decades‚ specifically in America. Terrible alcohol related incidences occur every day in America and can be so easily avoided if the proper laws and information are applied. Alcohol consumption‚ especially in the case of underage drinking‚ is one of the most crippling problems in the United States
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Drinking age is a commonly debated topic in the United States. Based on research articles‚ the minimum age drinking is 21. Many argue the drinking age should lowered to the age of 18. In some parts of the U.S‚ groups of people are allow to drink‚ with exception of religious reasoning. Underage drinking can result an increase on teen pregnancy and diseases. Drinking at a premature age can result a brain disorder or even dead. In some college surveys 10 out of 20 students have tried alcohol‚ however
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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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However‚ despite everything that you can do on your eighteenth birthday‚ it does not include the legal consumption of alcohol. This is because in the United States the legal drinking age is twenty-one years old. The legal drinking age is an argument that is often debated and I believe that the legal drinking age should be lowered to eighteen years of age. In the United States‚ the legal drinking age has been debated for years. According to the United States‚ when a child turns eighteen they are
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Drinking underage is a serious problem that the U.S is facing. There is a lot of problems with the drinking age 21‚ but if you lower or upper the drinking age not much difference will happen. The human brain isn’t fully developed until the age 21. Teenagers don’t know enough to make informed‚ smart decisions relating to alcohol. The drinking age shouldn’t be lowered because of three very real risks like: drunk driving‚ alcohol poisoning‚ and violent and/or destructive behavior. We have research
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Matt W. English 101 9/24/2013 Am I an Adult Yet? Some would argue that the drinking age shouldn ’t be lowered because of three very real risks‚ drunk driving‚ alcohol poisoning‚ and violent or destructive behavior. Drunk driving is a stain on our civilization. An average of 17‚000 individuals die each year in drunk driving related deaths. It seems quite plausible that were alcohol to be legalized for those under the age of 18‚ the 15.1% of 18 to 20 year olds who drink before getting behind the wheel
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roughly 20‚000 per year so a legal drinking age was put in place. (Hook) Over the years‚ the law has saved many people from dangerous or fatal traffic accidents but as time goes on‚ many still believe that the drinking age should be lowered‚ higher or stayed the same. The drinking age should remain the same as it already and still save lots of lives already and that the human body will be fully functional by that age. (Thesis) One reason why the drinking age should be kept at 21 is that when the person
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Should taxes on alcohol be raised? Consequences of alcohol tax rates on beverages consumption and alcohol-related complications have been widely studied over the past fifty years. Nowadays‚ the challenge for both economists and politicians is to estimate and form a tax level that maximizes social prosperity and most efficiently increases incomes. Alcohol taxation is an essential component of a complete alcohol control strategy. Even if any increase in alcohol tax rates will not cause a significant
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Jack Smith Mrs. Bauch Speech 11‚ may 2016 Have you ever regretted drinking before being the age of 21? Many kids under the age of 21 die every year in the U.S. due to underage drinking. The purpose of this argument is to make young people aware of what things could happen to them by drinking at a young age. Research shows that if you stay away from alcohol as a middle schooler and high schooler your GPA tends to be much better than if you drink regularly (Windell). Teens are at a much higher risk
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