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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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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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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Drinking at 18 The drinking age should be 18 because less high school students would binge drink. For three reason. One reason is that The united states is in the minority of have the drinking age be 21. Another reason is If 18 year olds have other big responsiblities they should be resopsible enough to drink. Also having the alcohol age being 18 would make teens less likely to become criminal. There are only four countries including the United States that order 21 to be the drinking age. In
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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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When you turn 18 you have many responsibilities and privileges in the United States. You are allowed to vote‚ get married adopt a child. You are now considered an adult. There are expectations that are now required of you. In adulthood you are expected to act a certain way. You are expected to make decisions and carry out your responsibilities that can and will affect you life. However our cultures approach to childhood is hypocritical and has damaged the adulthood of some people as a cause and
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The Pros and Cons of Lowering the Drinking Age to Eighteen In the United States‚ the whole of 50 states have set the age limit to drink as 21 years‚ which is higher than other countries. However‚ people have opinion that lowering the drinking age to 18 years of age as people have the right recently. According to “Los Angeles Times”‚ we could know that more than 130 college chancellors and presidents have signed a petition introduced in 2008 in support of the idea. Although this was a highly welcomed
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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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Lowering the Drinking Age to 18 in the United States While it may seem to some‚ drinking at age eighteen is frowned upon. It is actually true that many people between the ages of 18 and 20 drink alcohol illegally without any sense of guilt. On July 17‚ 1984‚ a law was established in the United States that impacted a large number of America’s youth. The indicated law was the National Minimum Drinking Age Act. Legal drinking ages were originally determined by each state. Many states kept the age
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