Federal Highway Policy: Minimum Legal Drinking Age Ashley Miller American National Government Mark Ladd February 17‚ 2014 The Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) laws were created in the US after the Prohibition in 1933. AT this time‚ many states set the MLDA at 21. When the voting age was lowered to 18 in 1971‚ many states also lowered their drinking age to 18 or 19 (Fell‚ 2009). After the lowering‚ the amount of alcohol related accidents involving young adults age 18 to
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should remain until we as Americans can come up with the best way to handle underage drinking. This position is based upon sound science that demonstrates the current laws help protect the health and safety of our youth. Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) laws are the most studied and successful alcohol-related laws on the books. Alcohol is zealously marketed‚ easily obtained‚ inexpensive and existing laws are not consistently enforced. Combine these factors with a widespread belief that alcohol
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have set their minimum drinking age to twenty-one although exceptions do exist on a state-by-state basis for consumption at home‚ under adult supervision‚ for medical necessity‚ and other reasons. Proponents of lowering the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) from twenty-one argue that it has not stopped teen drinking‚ and has instead pushed underage binge drinking into private and less controlled environments‚ leading to more health and life-endangering behavior by teens. Camille Paglia‚ PhD‚ Professor
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or bags; they will create fake ID’s to go to a bar with their friends for a good time. Drinking and driving is the number one defense when you take MLDA twenty one into consideration (White n.p.). Drunk driving is bad and it does result in fatalities and
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would drastically decrease the number of alcohol related issues in America. Countries‚ such as those in Europe‚ have far different laws pertaining to alcohol consumption than those of America. Some of these countries’ minimum legal drinking ages‚ or MLDAs‚ are as low as sixteen. Yet even then‚ there are countries in the same area who will allow anyone who is taller than the bar counter to enter the tavern and purchase drinks. Although these laws may seem ridiculous to many Americans‚ especially parents
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only eighteen or nineteen they have declined just as much‚ therefore the drinking age does not affect the number of drunk driving fatalities. ("Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21 to a Younger Age?"). Opposers of the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) of 21 claim that this drinking age has had little or no affect on traffic fatalities in states that have adopted an
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most common to new drinkers regardless of the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA)? Or‚ that in countries with the MLDA 18‚ there is a huge decrease in drunk driving accidents than in the USA? I believe that you can drink responsibly at eighteen; therefore‚ the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen. I believe the MLDA should be eighteen because when you are considered an adult and have many other responsibilities‚ the MLDA 21 is highly ineffective‚ and lowering the age would diminish the thrill
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Lowering MLDA Twenty-one to Eighteen The legal drinking age in the United States is twenty-one and older. Some states have been pushing to lower the age to eighteen. Some say that lowering the age would make it dangerous‚ but that is not the case. This would be beneficial to the government and to the public. Lowering the drinking age back to eighteen years old would be good for the economy‚ environment‚ and public safety. Lowering
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Central Contentions or Claims Narration: The MLDA affects you; it affects me‚ all of us. Imagine being invited to a party and feeling uncomfortable because those around you are drunk and disorderly. Imagine going to college and not being able to focus on your school work because campus partying is even more common than before; the only difference is that now it’s legal. That’s not something I see benefiting us as young adults. Lowering the MLDA to 18 years old is not what is going to help make
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and strength to consume alcohol in a responsible manner. Therefor I believe that we should stick with the status quo and keep the MLDA as is. Preview: I will begin this debate by refuting any ills that the affirmative brings to the table. Then I will present you with an outline as to why the affirmative’s plan of action is flawed because we in fact need to keep the MLDA at 21. Finally‚ I will introduce and explain to you why keeping the status quo is more beneficiary than any ill or cost that can
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