Kayla Couch Professor Dunn English 101 December 10‚ 2014 Should The Legal Drinking Age Be 18? The minimum legal drinking age in the United States is 21. Many have suggested lowering the drinking age to 18. I do not think the legal drinking age should be lowered because of the following reasons. Lowering the drinking age to 18 would have a negative impact on the lives of the youth of the United States. Making it legal for 18 year-olds to buy alcohol would increase the number of teens who drink. It
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and requests that the driving age limit should be raised from 16 to 21 years of age. Many people have very opposing thoughts to this subject. Both sides have positives and negatives to both sides of the situation. Some people even believe that the driving age should be lowered. I think the driving age should NOT be raised to 21 because it gives kids more freedom‚ teaches them responsibility and helps teens overall. One reason the driving age limit should not be raised is because it gives new drivers
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Should the legal driving age be raised to eighteen years of age? Well‚ take into consideration that some sixteen year olds have jobs and other things to attend to such as extracurricular activities. Raising the driving age to eighteen would cause a big problem in getting them to school‚ work or any places they might need a license to get to. Think of all of the parents who have to work early‚ preventing them from taking their sixteen year old to school or work. Then tell me. Would you still make
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Minimum Legal Drinking Age Should be Lowered “Adults under 21 are deemed capable of voting‚ signing contracts‚ serving on juries and enlisting in the military‚ but are told they are not mature enough to have a beer.” ("Amethyst Initiative: Rethink the Drinking Age"). The causes behind the minimum legal drinking age standardization nationally has not been alleviated in the past couple decades and should be repealed. The minimum legal drinking age should be lowered to the age of eighteen which
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Essay – Why the Voting Age Should Be 21 My persuasive essay topic is why the voting age should be raised to 25 instead of 18. Some people think it should be lowered. Some think the current age is fine. Some people think it should be raised to 21‚ which I agree with. Here’s some reasons I think this should be. The first reason I think that the voting age should be raised to the age 21 is because 18 year olds have very little real life experience. When a person is 21 years of age‚ they have more experience
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Legal Drinking Age‚ Why It Should Be Lowered According to Fabian Grund‚ in Why the Legal Drinking Age Should Be Lowered‚ lowering the drinking age comes with many pros‚ including less binge drinking‚ less illegal substance use‚ and if consumed properly‚ it could even be good for your health (Grund 5-8). In the article‚ Fabian Grund says it best: “You can take responsibility to buy a gun‚ get killed in combat or vote for your president‚ but you can’t even buy a damn beer.” (2) In other countries
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“Legal drinking age should be lowered to 18” Pros * The age at which one is considered a legal adult in the US is typically 18. Turning 18 entails receiving the rights and responsibilities of adulthood to vote‚ smoke cigarettes‚ serve on juries‚ get married‚ sign contracts‚ be prosecuted as adults‚ and join the military - which includes risking one’s life. This recognition of maturity should also encompass the right to drink; if young people are responsible enough to fight for their country
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The United States’ legal age of adulthood is eighteen. A person may smoke cigarettes‚ vote in elections‚ get married‚ play the lottery‚ and join the military. If a person can make those decisions at eighteen‚ why not decisions on their own alcohol consumption? Universal age of adulthood should be eighteen for everything‚ including alcohol consumption. Let’s be honest‚ why does the government even try? Young adults under twenty one are going to drink. They’re going to hide it in their trunks or bags;
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The minimum age for purchasing and consuming alcohol is debated since its official change to 21 years old‚ but even more so now because of the fact that alcohol-related accidents are the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Before the initial change in 1984‚ states had a variety of drinking ages‚ usually being 18 years old‚ but this proved to be dangerous (“Minimum Drinking Age‚” 2015‚ p.11). The organization Mother’s Against Drunk Driving formed after members noticed an
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