Should the drinking age be lowered? Recently‚ there have been a lot of speculation over the drinking age in the United States. There has been multiple debates on whether to lower the drinking age or leave it as it is. The debates started during the late nineties and is ongoing. The drinking age should remain because of the positive impact. Although‚ many advocates of lower the drinking age have argued‚ if eighteen year olds are allowed to vote‚ they should have the right to drink at the age the government
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What Should the Legal Drinking Age Really Be? Throughout the years in American history‚ alcohol has always been debated. It has been debated on whether or not to even allow its consumption in the United States‚ and what age is appropriate for Americans to start drinking alcohol. Many people believe that one is not mature enough to handle alcohol at any age below twenty-one‚ because they will abuse it. This leads them to believe that the current legal drinking age should stay at twenty-one. However
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living in the United States already know‚ the national minimum age for purchasing alcohol is twenty-one. However‚ prior to the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984‚ some states lowered the drinking age below 21 (mainly as a result of the lowered voting age). The Drinking Age Act was put into place as a result of a correlation between young drinking and motor vehicle fatalities. Under the provisions of the Act‚ any states with a minimum drinking age below 21 are subject to a 10% cut in highway
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of America the drinking age is twenty one years old. Many people want to know why the age limit is not eighteen if it is the age of adulthood in the United States. If a person can vote at eighteen and change the president of the country‚ then he/she should be able to pick up a drink at the age of 18 (adulthood) when he/she wants to. If the age for drinking cannot be eighteen then why does it have to be twenty one? Who said twenty one year old people are mature enough? Since the age of adulthood is
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Demarcus Spears Wei Chen ENGL. 1013 5-3-10 Drinking Age According to “Why Do Adolescents Drink” internet source teens believe drinking is the way to avoid the real world. They tend to think that it avoids stress related problems and peer pressure from others. Yet some people feel they are well old enough‚ and should be treated as an adult when it comes to drinking or lowering the drinking age to eighteen. Standing up going against lowering the drinking age is the way to stand because it is the wrong
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lowering the drinking age is a proposal that is not only sensitive to many Americans‚ but is a widespread issue in our culture (The Debate on Lowering the Drinking Age‚ cbsnews.com). Although many states have tried lowering the drinking age‚ proponents of maintaing the minimum age have kept a strong case. After the ending prohibition‚ the banning of alcohol from 1920-1933‚ almost every state set their minimum drinking age to 21. During the 1970’s‚ 29 states lowered the drinking age to 18‚ 19‚ or
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DRINKING AGE The age of being considered “legal” in the U.S. is eighteen years old. You can be charged as an adult‚ run for legislature‚ can be held accountable for a contract‚ and join the military to risk your life but you still cannot drink a beer. In the mid 1930’s‚ the illegal drinking age in the U.S. was set to twenty one. However‚ during the Vietnam War‚ young people were risking their life for their country‚ so in consideration‚ twenty nine states lowered the legal drinking age to eighteen
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buy cigarettes and even join the army‚ but what cannot happen is for him or her to buy alcohol. Buying alcohol and drinking alcohol has been a huge controversy for many years among adults and young adults. Drinking has always had its problems with adults such as the health effects as well the mental capability‚ but when it comes to young adults and teenagers the thought of drinking brings up many questions and concerns for example If he or she is able to join the army at eighteen why not be to drink
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Argumentative essay: Is the drinking age appropriate? I think that the drinking age is too high. Most other countries drinking age is anywhere from 16 to 18‚ and they do not really seem to have a problem with it. My thing is how whenever you turn 18 everybody considers you an adult‚ but you cannot even go to a bar and buy a beer for yourself. With our drinking age being 21‚ it is basically saying that they still consider a person from the age of 18 to 20 still a kid. Sure they are able to buy lottery
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These arguments lead to even more new ideas and different ways of looking at things. People in these arguments can be so persuasive that they can change the opinion of others. One new idea that is talked about a lot in our country is the drinking age being lowered to eighteen years old. This is supported by many people and the reasons that are presented for the change are very legitimate and persuasive. There are arguments from both sides and each side has their legitimate points
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