controversial argument amongst Americans is determining that the current legal drinking age which is 21 should be lowered to eighteen or not. Researching the following propaganda made me understand the dangers to the youth and people in America if the drinking age were to lower. Therefore i will argue with whoever disagrees with me that the drinking age should be lowered. I’d like to explain six reasons to why the drinking age should not be lowered beginning with the strongest reasons. First reason
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10211/25/2010 | | Why the Drinking Age Should Not be Lowered. | | According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ “Increasing the age at which people can legally purchase and drink alcohol has been the most successful intervention to date in reducing drinking and alcohol-related crashes among people under the age of 21.”(Nakaya) Among teens and young adults‚ alcohol is the drug of choice. Many are not aware that they are harming their bodies when drinking. Teens may come intoxicated
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At the age of eighteen‚ in the United States‚ a person is able to: buy a lottery ticket‚ get a tattoo‚ buy cigarettes‚ enlist in the army‚ and even vote for president but is unable to drink alcohol. On July 17th‚ 1984 President Ronald Reagan signed into law the National Minimum Drinking Age Bill‚ but let’s also keep in mind that he proclaimed “Ice cream is a nutritious and wholesome food”. He obviously had questionable knowledge on health and what’s best for an individual. This law‚ although seemingly
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a small town. Although some believe that the drinking age should remain the same‚ I believe that it should be lowered to 18 because it will diminish the thrill of breaking the law‚ we can do other important things when we turn 18‚ and other countries have lowered or got rid of the drinking age so what makes our brains any different. According to procon.org” Normalizing alcohol consumption as something done responsibly in moderation will make drinking alcohol less of a taboo for young adults entering
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usually wait till the age of eighteen to begin consuming alcohol? If eighteen years of age is the legal age for adulthood‚ why can’t it be the legal age to begin drinking? Is the government contradicting themselves? Over the years studies have shown that most teens do not wait until the age of twenty-one to begin drinking. Lowering the drinking age to eighteen would allow eighteen to twenty year-olds to drink alcohol in safe places with supervision. Keeping teens from drinking in unsafe environments
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Purpose: At the end of my speech‚ the audience will agree that the legal driving age should be changed to 18 years of age. Introduction I. The driving age should be raised to 18; people at the age of 16 are too young to handle the responsibility of driving a car. II. “The risk of crash involvement per mile driven among 16-19 year olds is 4 times the risk among older drivers.” (highwaysafety.org) III. “Risk is highest at age 16-17. In fact‚ the crash rate per mile driven is almost 3 times as high among
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Should the drinking age be lowered to 16? At the moment in Australia the drinking age is 18 and I think that it is time to taking the case of lowering the age into our own hands. Surveys show that nearly 10 million youths aged 12-20 in Australia report that they have consumed alcohol in a 30 day period in 2011. The century council has created a survey‚ results show that over 55% of teenagers (12-17) said they had been offered or had the opportunity to drink alcohol in the last 12 months. Most teenagers
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If age 18 is legally considered an adult‚ why can’t they drink alcohol? In 1984 the drinking law was changed from 18 to 21(Procon.org)‚ since then there has been a 13% rise in car accidents due to under age drinking ‚ 300 deaths and 2‚100 homicides per year due to under age drinking. Therefore I believe the age to consume alcohol should be lowered to a younger age. At age 18 you are legally considered an adult‚ you are able to join the military‚ get married and even start taking classes to run
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abysmal failure. It hasn’t reduced or eliminated drinking. It has simply driven it underground‚ behind closed doors‚ into the most risky and least manageable of settings‚"(Debate) said John McCardell of “Choose Responsibility”. Choose Responsibility is a non-profit organization that is for lowering the drinking age to 18. Young adults can vote‚ fight and die for their country overseas‚ and purchase tobacco at age 18‚ but why cannot they have a beer? Drinking among the youth in the United States has escalated
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Should drinking age be increased to 21. It is no secret‚ that people drink alcohol before they turn 21. Stories about drinking on college campuses and high school parties are very easy to find. That is why underage drinking can be stopped if the law were changed. The major reason that people drink at an early age is because they feel it is fun and exciting to do something they are not supposed to. However‚ if it would be lowered to 18‚ then the trill of doing something illegal would vanish
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