The legal drinking age in the United States is a topic that has been debated for many years. This issue is‚ as some say we should keep it at the age of twenty-one‚ others say it should be lowered. Due to the minimum legal drinking age being twenty-one‚ alcohol has been even more appealing to kids whose brains naturally seek out risk more than adult brains do‚ but lowering the drinking age to reverse this effect would be detrimental to the developing body. After the drinking age was raised to twenty-one
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Drinking Age “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy‚” was once said by a very smart man named Benjamin Franklin. He lived in a time when there was no minimum drinking age. Before the 1900’s there wasn’t any kind of drinking laws anywhere in the United States. The drinking age was regulated by society which was family‚ church‚ and communities. Yes‚ some kids probably drank too much back then‚ but I’ve learned that the current laws aren’t doing much to stop it now either. At
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Faheem Khan Mrs. Farley 2/27/13 Drinking Age The drinking age in America should be lowered to 18 from 21. Most kids who are between the ages of 18-20 already drink behind closed doors. When a person turns the age of 18 they are able to accomplish and are able to do many things‚ so why can they not drink? Over a thousand lives are lost each year by people under the age of 21 from drinking. If people are already drinking now before they even reach 21‚ and there are no laws enforcing on to them
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Running head: THE MINIMUM LEGAL DRINKING AGE 1 The Minimum Legal Drinking Age Carly Winne Summit County High School THE MINIMUM LEGAL DRINKING AGE Abstract This paper includes the view of why the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen. It has several points and fats to explain the reasoning of this opinion. It goes into depth of how it is affecting the youth‚ the future‚ and statistics and how lowering the age can make a positive change for everyone
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Lowering Drinking Age: A Crucial Decision? Thesis statement: Despite the fact that many Americans claim that persons under 21 do not have the capacity to handle drinking‚ in my opinion‚ drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18 due to the fact that teenagers at the age of 18 can make important decisions‚ and the prohibition of alcohol has not been successful in the last 30 years. There are some reasons why people believe that teens should be prohibited from drinking at the age of 18
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The Issue is lowering the drinking age and it affects people by some being responsible and some not. Lowering the drinking age ‚ 18 is the age of adulthood in the U.S. and adults should have the right to make their own decisions. Allowing 18 to 20 year olds in regulated areas in supervision could decrease safe drinking. Supervision could prevent unsafe doing. Lowering MLDA could diminish the thrill of breaking the law to get a drink. Revenue would increase and more people would be allowed in bars
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Jacquelyn Manka ENG 110 Professor Hibschman 10 November 2011 Drinking Age of 21 In July of 1984‚ the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 was put into act‚ making the national drinking age 21‚ higher than it was in any individual state. Ever since‚ there has been an ongoing debate on whether or not the change has been effective and if it was necessary. I agree with the article “The Drinking Age of 21 Saves Lives‚” by Toben F. Nelson and Traci L. Toomey‚ because they effectively used logos
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harry potter mr. andrews Drinking age Is it fair to kill in war but not be able to drink Alcohol before the age of 21? Why do adults‚ the government‚ and even parents think teenagers are not responsible enough to drink at 18? They think teenagers are not mature enough to handle the responsibility and consequences of drinking alcohol. Studies have identified that teenagers are more vulnerable to the effects of alcohol on memory‚ learning and judgment. So there is a risk that teenagers
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The pros of lowering the drinking age The pros : According to the NHTSA‚ the National Traffic Highway Safety Administration‚ in 2010 the drunk driving fatalities accounted for 32% of all traffic deaths. That means on average someone is killed in an alcohol-impaired driving crash about every 50 minutes in the U.S. United States law recognizes the legal drinking age as being 21 years of age. It is awfully contradictory in my eyes and probably those of others. Look at it from this point of
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Frankie Cline Ms. Erby English 108 Fall 12 12/4/12 The drinking age of 21 should be lowered to the age of 18. Many rights have different ages of initiation. A person can obtain a hunting license at age 12‚ driver ’s license at age 16‚ vote and serve in the military at 18‚ serve in the U.S. House of Representatives at age 25 and in the U.S. Senate at age 30‚ and run for President at age 35. At 18 years old you ’re considered to be an adult. You can get loans‚ buy a car‚ house‚ get marry‚
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