Minimum Drinking Age According to the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine‚ in 2010 underage drinkers from ages 15-20 were responsible for 48.8% of alcohol purchases. The minimum legal drinking age(MLDA) in the United States was 18 years old until 1984‚ when all fifty states raised their legal drinking age to 21 or older. The drinking age should be lowered from 21 years old to 18 years old because at that age one legally becomes an adult‚ it would reduce the amount of unsafe drinking activity
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cannot but liquor until you are 21 because they feel people under the age of 21 are immature. Some argue that the mind is not developed completely until you are 21. Being 18 does not make you immature. We should change how we view our adults. Just because you have been on earth a few more years longer does not make you
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Legal drinking age should be lowered Introduction: Once a person turns 18 years old they are already considered an adult. Yes‚ it may sound bad saying that 18 years old should have the right to legally drink‚ but lets look at the facts; you can drive a car‚ vote in all elections‚ smoke cigarettes‚ serve on juries‚ be prosecuted as an adult‚ get married‚ have children‚ fight in a war‚ gamble‚ but not have a beer until your 21? Now‚ if young men and women under the age of 21 can legally get married
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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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Lowering The Legal Age Of Consent The law states that no person under the age of sixteen is capable of giving their consent to a sexual act. Yet there is still people at young agese being involved in sexual acts by their own choice. This makes people wonder if the age of consent should be lowered as at this age the acts are already being preformed if it is legal or not. There are countries such as Canada‚ Germany‚ Italy and other European countries that the legal oafe of consent to sexual acts
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Legal Drinking Age In the United States‚ the legal drinking age for all fifty states and the District of Columbia is twenty-one. The drinking age is twenty-one because the government decided this is when a person becomes legally responsible to handle the repercussions of consuming alcohol. The U.S. has the highest legal drinking age in the world. Only four countries in the world have a legal drinking age over eighteen‚ making the US an exception rather than the rule. Some people may argue that
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Tayrin O’Rand 14 March 2012 Should the Minimum Drinking Age be Lowered? The minimum drinking age became a hot topic ever since it was set to twenty one years old. It is a law not everyone welcomes with open arms‚ one that has the most impact in the lives of adolescents and if violated‚ one that can put a state at risk of forfeiting ten percent of its annual federal highway appropriation. John M. McCardell Jr.‚ president of Middlebury College; founder and president of Choose Responsibility‚
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Fall 2010 Mr. Carver Legal Minimum Drinking Age 18 75% of students have consumed alcohol by the end of their high school career (Clapp‚ 288). Prohibiting the sale of liquor to young adults ages 18-20 creates an uncontrolled atmosphere where alcohol abuse has come to the point of being fatal. Young adults cannot learn how to drink safely and in moderations in these uncontrolled environments that the law has lead them into. We have seen what happens when drinking is banned by the history of the prohibition
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Since 1987‚ it has been argued that the legal drinking age in the United States should be lowered to 18 so that young adults are allowed to drink in certain environments. This argument has many sides which can be argued. At 18‚ you are considered an adult. You can vote‚ charged with adult crimes‚ and even die for your country‚ but you cannot consume alcohol. To me that is discriminating against people in the age group of 18-20. As of now‚ adults over 21 years old are allowed to drink in places
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“PLATOON… DISMISSED!” said the platoon sergeant. Without skipping a heart beat a platoon of 45 marines responded “DISMISSED‚ I SIR!” They all took one step back‚ they smartly raised their right arms with elbows at a 45 degree bend‚ their fingers joined and aligned to the tip of their cover rendering a salute. The platoon sergeant saluted the platoon back and returned his arm back to his side. In unison the platoon about faced and let out a thunderous “00H RAH!” It is payday Friday‚ two days of liberty
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