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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the legal drinking age be”? Many people argue that it should stay as is‚ twenty one and older and others debate the legal drinking age should be lower than twenty one‚ for example‚ eighteen. I personally‚ think the legal drinking age should not be changed‚ and it should remain the same at age twenty one. For this argument there are many pros and cons to both sides. Although‚ I think keeping the drinking age at twenty one out weights the pros for lowering the drinking age to a lower age such as eighteen
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The drinking age law is a law that is greatly debated. There are many pros and con to the drinking age being lowered. At the age of 18 you are considered an adult in the eyes of the public. Many think a young adult is not mature enough to have a sip of beer but somehow is old enough to fight for our country. The drinking age should be lowered because an individual is considered an adult at the age of 18‚ laws about drinking can be more harmful the good‚ and if you are able to all these adult things
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Raising drinking age in B.C History has proven many times that drinking is bad. Teenage drinking and driving would result to death or accidents; as a result‚ many teenagers’ lives being taken away by consuming excessive alcohol than their limit. Most of the teenage kids get drugs at teenage parties‚ and it makes them addicted to alcohol‚ then they end up doing stupid stuff after getting drunk and they do not know that it is affecting their bodies negatively. The drinking age should be increased
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KEEPING THE DRINKING AGE THE SAME I believe that the drinking age should remain at twenty-one. Underage drinking is dangerous to the drinker and the rest of society. The U.S Department of Health and Human Services analysis shows that frequent binge drinking causes young people to engage in risky behavior such as using other drugs like marijuana and shows that people tend to have sex with six or more partners. Alcohol is very unhealthy for the brain and drinking at a young age could cause many health
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Several would argue that the 21 year old drinking age is possibly too low‚ some even think that the age should be lowered‚ and some even think the age should be at 25. I believe that the drinking age should remain the same at 21 due to the fact that there are already plenty of issues with underage drinking. “The Age of Responsibility” by Alan Greenblatt‚ goes into depth about the different problems and aspects that go into searching for a golden age to entrust people to have the ability to accomplish
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Should the legal drinking age be raised to 21? Drinking alcohol is one of the biggest problems facing the Australian community. The proportion of people at risk as a result of excessive drinking of alcohol is constantly increasing as 3200 people die and almost 81000 people admitted to hospital every year. People use alcohol for numerous reasons; peer pressure‚ celebration‚ anxiety‚ sadness‚ boredom‚ rebellion‚ insomnia‚ just to name a few. The legal drinking age is currently eighteen and should
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minimum drinking age should be in the United States. Many people think that it should remain at 21 years old and others believe that it should be lowered to 18. While both have their own various reasons‚ this has been an important topic in our country for a long time. President Ronald Reagan signed and passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Law in 1984 which obligated states to raise their legal drinking age to 21 or suffer reductions in Federal highway funds. The highway funds and drinking age was
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Readers Question: Evaluate the case for raising the legal drinking age to 21. Will it be more effective than other methods for reducing the harmful effects of alcohol? There are several reasons to be concerned about the over-consumption of alcohol‚ especially amongst young people. In the UK‚ abuse of alcohol has contributed to several social‚ economic and health problems‚ including: Alcohol related accidents. Health problems Alcohol addiction major cause of family breakdown. According to a report
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Should the legal drinking age be lowered? The drinking age should definently not be lowered considering many factors. For one‚ the age to purchase a weapon is 18‚ which would cause many complications between drunk teenagers and the authority to purchase a weapon. Second‚ alcohol consumption in a teenagers undeveloped brain can cause many health problems later in life. Lastly‚ a teenager drinking in a bar is definently not a safe environment because many
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