Alcohol: Lowering the Legal Drinking Age Karita Lockwood Professor O’Quinn COM 323 October 29‚ 2012 Introduction Alcohol is a drink that is made from corn‚ barley or a beverage containing ethyl. There is currently an ongoing debate as to if the legal age limit for alcohol consumption should be lowered. Despite the dangers‚ everyday in the United States more than 13‚000 children and teens consume alcohol. The age range between eleven and eighteen is the most influential period when youths
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Should the legal use age of tobacco be raised? The use of tobacco has become a custom in the American lifestyle. The number of people that use and/or are addicted to nicotine is at an all time high and the number of teenagers that use it is growing even greater. So knowing these facts the question has started to arise‚ should the legal use age of tobacco be raised? Throughout this paper we will discuss what the pros and cons would be if the legal use age were to be raised. The pros of this happening
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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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Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered? In America‚ 38 states have the minimum drinking age at 21. However‚ the other 12 have exceptions to that law. Although underage drinking has been a problem in society. Lowering the drinking age would create responsibility in young adults (Top pro and con arguments). It would also allow young adults make better decisions and take responsibility for their actions. People say the lowering the drinking age would be irresponsible because of the dangers posed by drinking
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Should the Legal Drinking Age be Increased to 21? by Tejvan Pettinger on May 9‚ 2013 in society Readers Question: Evaluate the case for raising the legal drinking age to 21. Will it be more effective than other methods for reducing the harmful effects of alcohol? There are several reasons to be concerned about the over-consumption of alcohol‚ especially amongst young people. In the UK‚ abuse of alcohol has contributed to several social‚ economic and health problems‚ including: Alcohol
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Should the Alcohol Drinking Age Be Increased or Decreased? Bigjohny‚ Alinda. “Opinion: Should the Legal Drinking Age Stay As-Is?” Opinion: The Legal Drinking Age Stay the As-Is?” Manchester.edu‚ n d Wed 13 Apr 2016 http://www.manchester.edu/OSD/OakLeaves/archives/Issue_14/OpinionShouldtheLegalDrinkingAgeStayAs-Is.htm This essay was written to persuade the reader on the topic of keeping the drinking age where it is now. It gives details on why it’s to be taken seriously. I plan of using this to get
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keeping the legal drinking age at 21 is ineffective because the problem lies within the person‚ not the alcohol itself‚ he fails to recognize the fact that even if this is the case‚ the raised drinking age has proven to be very effective overall. Additionally‚ even if he claims that the law is not effective in reducing drinking and driving‚ he doesn’t mention the dangers alcohol presents to young‚ developing minds. The drinking age should not be lowered to 18 and should remain at 21 because not only
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of 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
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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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