Too much for Teens? Has it been taken too far? Over the last five years‚ the number of teens drinking has increased to 37%‚ mostly teenagers aged from 13 to 17 years. Allison Wonderland from the CRA (Child Rehabilitation agency) claims that “The children who do drink are usually influenced by an older role model‚ at an early age.” Underage drinking is dangerous‚ and has disastrous consequences that have left many families’s suffering the loss of their loved ones. Jacqueline
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Why the legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 Eighteen is the age that everyone becomes an adult in the United States. Eighteen is also the age when you should be able to decide if you choose to consume alcohol. Turning eighteen is a big responsibility at the age of eighteen you are allowed to choose to smoke cigarettes‚ vote‚ get married‚ serve on juries‚ sign contracts‚ and join the military which includes risking one’s life. So if you’re allowed to choose all of these then I feel like
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In the United States‚ there is a law that prohibits youth twenty-one years of age and younger not to drink any alcoholic beverages. However‚ there has been an ongoing controversy on whether the drinking age should be lower than twenty-one. Underage drinking has been a major controversial issue for years‚ yet why is it not under control? A lot of people believe that it should be lowered‚ but also there are a considerable amount of people who think it should stay the same. This debate has been going
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Drinking and driving I’m Mikelle Rittenhouse; id like everyone to take a moment to mentally prepare yourself for the effects of drinking and driving that you will see during this speech as it may be disturbing for some people. Now I would like to show you a video. I’m showing you all this today because what happened to Lenient Kildes mother is an accident that could have been prevented if people were more educated about the risk of drinking and driving. Many people who have been intoxicated report
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John Smith Negative: The legal drinking age in the U.S. should be lowered to 18. Introduction We believe that the drinking age across the United States should stay at 21 years of age. Several states are currently petitioning that the drinking age be lowered; however‚ we find this to be dangerous and extremely unnecessary. The first reason why we would like the drinking age to stay the same is because of history. From the end of Prohibition (when alcohol was not allowed to be manufactured
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EXPLANATION OF KEY TERM “Drinking age prohibition” was counterproductive in the 1850’s and 1920’s. Nothing has changed (Scrivo‚ 1998‚ n.p.). ARTICLE SUMMARY In the article “Why the Drinking Age Should be Lowered: An Opinion Based Upon Research‚” Karen Scrivo from Indiana University in Bloomington supports her rational claim that the state of Indiana should lower the legal drinking age to 18 or 19. Prohibition is counterproductive because it lowers the percentages of young‚ responsible drinkers
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the category of “people”. The legal drinking age is currently twenty-one‚ but illegally drinking age is as low as zero. Why? Is the main question asked. I can assure you the under age drinking age percentage would drop if the age is lowered. Few reasons for teens drinking are: peer pressure‚ enjoyment‚ etc. But the main reason for doing so is “breaking the law.” 87% of high school seniors have used alcohol. That means that a large quantity of teens under the age of seventeen to eighteen have used
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impact on their long term health and well being. Binge drinking is the practice of consuming large quantities of alcohol in a single session‚ usually defined as five or more drinks at one time for a
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Legal Drinking Age‚ 18 or 21? People have always wanted what they cannot have. Starting in 1984‚ this is the attitude most lawmakers in America have taken with respect to underage drinking‚ since it was the time when many states changed their drinking age from eighteen to twenty-one. Lawmakers thought that if you raised the drinking age‚ people could drink more responsibly‚ because as you grow older‚ your brain matures and with maturity comes responsibility. Although this law‚ passed not even twenty
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Megan Hollrah October 28‚ 2011 Persuasive Essay Cyber English Ms. Taylor Alcohol at 18: A Definite to Consider The drinking age in the United States is now twenty one years of age. Some people believe that this age is too high to be the minimum age to be able to legally drink and others feel that it is the perfect age. This topic is very huge and has been debated for years. The United States drinking age has gone up and down‚ and recently‚ in 1984‚ it has gone up to twenty one. Many events
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