Dakota Vaughn Mrs. Kachurak Eng. 102-001 2-4-2013 Lower the Drinking Age: End America’s Addiction Although alcohol has been around for quite some time‚ it has recently begun to pose a problem in the past few decades‚ specifically in America. Terrible alcohol related incidences occur every day in America and can be so easily avoided if the proper laws and information are applied. Alcohol consumption‚ especially in the case of underage drinking‚ is one of the most crippling problems in the
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the person’s age. Agencies are trying to increase the legal driving age in hope for a better change. By changing the age‚ teens would not be able to have the opportunity to explore the adult world. For example‚ having a job and learn the norms and rules of it. Also‚ if teenagers start driving at six-teen‚ legal gardiens or parents have fully control over them. Starting little by little teens will go through the process of full understandment of how seriouse they need to take driving. In the other
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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 eighteen
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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 of breaking the law. The drinking age should be eighteen
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Those are the types of arguments the proponents for the eighteen drinking age will generally give‚ but there is more to consider when it comes to the topic of alcohol. In an article published in The Los Angeles Times‚ Shari Roan explains the pros and cons of the drinking age. She states that “… [there are] approximately 1‚700 alcohol related deaths in the United States among college students each year” and if the drinking age gets set to eighteen‚ this number is more than likely to rise. Alcohol
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time‚ especially from themselves. As a result‚ the legislature has proposed an increased driving age from sixteen to eighteen to try to alleviate these issues. I believe increasing the minimum driving age will help protect our citizens by better preparing drivers‚ increasing safety for motorists‚ and setting a higher level of maturity on the road. Although it may seem cruel to teens‚ raising the minimum driving age will allow drivers to become better prepared. In school drivers education classes are
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Legal Drinking Age Should not be Lowered to 18 It was 11 o’ clock at night‚ and I was driving back from a friend’s house on a Saturday night. As I was crossing an intersection‚ bright blue and red lights were flashing on the right side. As I turned to look to satisfy my curiosity‚ I noticed a car was upside down and another car had crashed into the side of the road. It was devastating to see and of course I wanted to know what had happened. I went home and turned on the local news to see if there
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Persuasive Essay Is it better to be mature or experienced when starting to drive in the real world with other drivers. It’s better to start driving at a younger age because then as you grow up and keep driving you will have some experience from your childhood. But there’s also bad parts about driving not being taught the right way and doing the wrong things will get you in a lot of trouble. Most people if they start at a young age they grow up to be better drivers. There’s still young and older
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The minimum drinking age and the concerns of the effects of alcohol started in America during the Prohibition Era. In the article “Teaching With Documents: The Volstead Act and Related Prohibition Documents‚” the author states that concerns of the effects of alcohol were preached fanatically in the early 20th century. Temperance organizations such as The American Temperance Society‚ the Women’s Christian Temperance Union‚ and the Anti-Saloon League were formed for one purpose‚ to ratify the Constitution
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Lower the Drinking Age to 18 Over 700 soldiers under the age of 21 have lost their lives fighting in Iraq. And According to the government they were responsible enough to die for their country‚ but not responsible enough to have a drink of alcohol. In the United States a person is allowed to vote‚ join the military‚ and take the risks of life and death‚ and are considered a legal adult all at the age of 18. Therefore shouldn’t they also be trusted to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption
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