views on the drinking age. The most used age is eighteen. In the United States the drinking age is twenty-one‚ we have many different views‚ morals‚ and standards than the rest of the world. We plan for the future and want only the best for our future generations. We ensure the safety of our youth by providing these rules and regulations. Laws that maintain the legal drinking age at 21 save lives on the road‚ and protect young people from he internal and external effects of drinking. Since the
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The Legal Drinking Limit If underage drinking has been an ongoing controversy spanning years in the United States‚ why is the issue not under control yet? For years there has been a debate on whether the legal drinking age should remain twenty-one or be reverted back to eighteen. This controversy has been heavily discussed for years bringing to light many positives and negatives to both sides of the situation; however‚ I believe that the pros to lowering the legal drinking age outweigh the cons
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What is Binge Drinking? Binge Drinking is seen as drinking alcohol‚ just to get drunk‚ and without a specific purpose. It is also seen as drinking multiple shots per hour. What Are the External Causes of Binge Drinking? Some harsh external causes of binge drinking are: * 21% of 11-15 year olds‚ drink alcohol * 6.4 Billion is the overall cost lost to productivity every year * 5 is the legal age for consuming alcohol with parental consent What are Taxes? It’s a V.A.T (or GVP in
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David 12-11-13 Cause and Effect College Binge The cause of college binge drinking is the sense of freedom‚ easily obtainable‚ and there is peer pressure. Binge drinking is apparent at every state and private college across the USA. Students feel a sense of freedom going to a dorm college. Alcohol is easily obtained‚ even with people trying to stop it. Peer pressure is probably the main reason for binging. The transition between high school and college is an unreal experience for
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underage drinking? 1 in 6 teens binge drinking and cause accidents. In the Journal of Alcohol and Drug Educations that compared with those of legal age‚ a significantly higher percentage of students under age 21 were heavy drinkers‚ and caused more accidents to themselves then what first thought of (Smith and Smith‚ 1 and 2) . Most students or “underage drinkers” don’t think about what could happen if they did drink — leading themselves into many different issues and riskier trouble. When drinking‚ most
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Introduction The British Medical Association (2005) defines binge drinking as heavy drinking over an evening or similar time span – sometimes also referred to as heavy episodic drinking. Binge drinking is often associated with drinking with the intention of becoming intoxicated and‚ sometimes‚ with drinking in large groups. Binge drinking is a large problem in the UK. According to BBC News (2003)‚ binge drinking is costing the NHS around £1.7 billion a year. In addition‚ 17 million
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Public Health Safe Drinking Water Bodies of water cover seventy-five percent of the world‚ yet water continues to be the quickest depleting natural resource on our planet. Drinking water can be drawn from surface fresh water or underground reservoirs. Yet only 1% of the water on the earth is available for human use‚ the rest remains too salty‚ polluted‚ or is locked away in polar ice caps. One half of the global population is currently faced with a crisis of water shortages. These shortages come
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forward to the day they turn 21 so they can legally consume alcohol. This drinking age was first introduced under the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984. Under this act‚ “all states were required to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21” (alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org). Although many adults enjoy alcoholic beverages‚ some individuals do not responsibly do so. For this reason‚ the drinking age should be raised to 25 due to the overwhelming amount of evidence
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Soya Smith Engl 1301 Teenage Drinking has Become a Problem in Our Society Teenage drinking has negatively impacted our current and future society in many ways including teenage drinking and driving‚ school performances‚ and increasing crimes. I. A teenage driver and alcohol is a dangerous combination‚ which can lead to fatality. A. Teenage drivers are at a greater risk of death in an alcohol-related vehicle accident than any other population because of inexperience‚ invincible thinking
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There are about 5‚000 deaths a year around the world because of underage drinking. Drinking kills people about mostly every day when people drive out on the street that are not safe to drive home. My uncle once told a story about his friends and him driving out one night and that my uncle was in the passenger seat‚ then an accident happened and the pictures that were shown weren’t pretty; my uncle survived but the others didn’t. That example should show that if accidents happen because of twenty-one
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