The Drinking Age Should Not Be Lowered To Eighteen There are many different reasons why people want to drink‚ such as celebrations‚ depressions‚ or finding an inspiration‚ etc.. The consumption of alcohol is increasing promptly throughout history and it becomes a culture characteristic. However‚ many binge drinking occurs in colleges that lead to many problems for society. Everyone knows that alcohol is really dangerous for the drinkers and the people around them if the drinkers do not know how to
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Lowering the drinking age? Why we should not lower the drinking age? Let me explain some reasons why not to lower the drinking age. One is that if we lower the drinking age we might be contributing to more fatal accidents. Second‚ lowering the drinking age might influence 18-year-olds to buy alcohol for younger teenagers (age 15-17). And third‚ 18-year-olds may not be mature enough to know their limitations on drinking. If we lower the drinking age we might be contributing to more fatal
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globe. Some very important questions are raised like how harmful is drinking under the age of twenty-one? Is underage age drinking related to traffic accidents? How is this action affecting the brains of the minors? Is it hurting them? For this reason‚ the minimal drinking age was established to protect these younger people from all the many dangers. The minimal legal drinking age should be kept twenty-one because the legal drinking age has prevented many traffic or car related accidents in the past
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Rachel Fox Applications of Composition and Literature Mrs. Millard 9-30-15 Drinking Age Steven Chapman has confused his readers with a provocatively written article on the possibility of lowering the drinking age. Through his use of appeals ranging from ethical‚ logical‚ and emotional which certainly strengthen the conveyance of his message but are greatly hindered by his structuring of his article. With the structure adding confusion to the reader which greatly draws away from the message and
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Factors In Favor of and Against Khimley Young Critical Thinking and Problem Solving/ Hum 200 AOS Instructor Dr. Steven Mathews October 24‚ 2012 Lowering the Legal Drinking Age to 18: Yea or Nay Argument in Favor of Lowering the Legal Drinking Age The age of 18 is a transitional point in life. An 18-year=old can vote‚ marry‚ enlist in the military and buy cigarettes. To some it’s absurd that an 18-year-old can vote politicians into office and fight wars for the country but cannot
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electorate. For this reason‚ the issue of whether or not the voting age should be lowered from eighteen to sixteen commands our attention. Although some have argued that lowering the voting age would have harmful consequences‚ the benefits would more than outweigh the potential drawbacks. The argument against lowering the voting age depends on two criticisms that do not stand up to close scrutiny. The first is that lowering the voting age‚ and therefore increasing the number of potential voters in the
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Manitoba—a province in Canada. In the United States however‚ the age at which one is legally allowed to consume alcohol (21)‚ and the age of adulthood (18) are completely at odds. Once an “adult‚” one can get married‚ vote for our leaders‚ and serve our country. However one is not adult enough to go for drinks with friends. It is high time‚ that all adult freedoms are granted at the age of adulthood‚ age 18. The change of the drinking age‚ being as controversial an issue as it is‚ would face many critics
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bring about arguments in every step of life. 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
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Lowering the Drinking Age Half the United States population starts drinking at the age of 14.When you are 18 you have privileges like joining the army. (Mitch Adams Lowering the drinking age page 1) You can go to war and die for your country but you still can not enjoy an ice cold beer. (Mitch Adams Lowering the drinking age page 1) How is being 21 different from being 18? How does three more years of not drinking make you mature enough to drink? The longer you drink the more you start to
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Drinking Age Final Draft The underdeveloped liver quakes over the burden of the alcohol that the drinker has just consumed. It shuts down‚ in spite of the fact that the drinker has had only one beer. The drinking age is 21 for a reason. Nobody should have to perish for that to be proven. The drinking age should stay 21‚ because the human body is fully developed at this age‚ and this age will help keep alcohol out of school. It has been scientifically proven that the human body becomes fully developed
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