The Pros and Cons of Lowering the Drinking Age to Eighteen In the United States‚ the whole of 50 states have set the age limit to drink as 21 years‚ which is higher than other countries. However‚ people have opinion that lowering the drinking age to 18 years of age as people have the right recently. According to “Los Angeles Times”‚ we could know that more than 130 college chancellors and presidents have signed a petition introduced in 2008 in support of the idea. Although this was a highly welcomed
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insomnia are just a few. Teens fall under the category of “people”. The legal drinking age is currently twenty-one‚ but illegally drinking age is as low as zero. Why? Is the main question asked. I can assure you the underage drinking age percentage would drop if the age is lowered.18 is the age of adulthood in the United States‚ and adults should have the right
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limit to point zero four. A group called (MADD) or Mothers Against Drunk Driving said‚” The truth is that a drinking age at eighteen would cause more funerals.” Quoted in 60 minute‚ ”Debate on Lowering the Drinking Age.” A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows connections between alcohol abuse and young people (CDC Facts). Most people do not know this but drinking affects every American. One decision that young people have to make is should they drink under the age of twenty-one
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Teenagers under 18 would not be able to get where they needed to be without someone driving them. When teens younger than 18 can’t drive themselves to and from activities‚ those responsibilities fall onto their parents‚ who may not have the freedom or willingness to shuttle their teens from place to place. Driving teaches teens responsibility and because when teens are 18 they are considered adults they have more opportunities to make bad choices and driving teaches them how to handle situations
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Whether or not parents want to admit it‚ teenagers do drink. It’s practically a passage for growing up: children will start drinking way before it’s legal for them to buy alcohol. To avoid alcoholism problems in the future‚ there has been an ongoing debate about whether or not it is appropriate for parents to buy alcohol for their kids. There are those who are okay with buying their children beer and liquor‚ but on a few conditions like keeping the drinks at home and only under adult supervision
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The cons of lowering the drinking age The cons: There are many dangers and potential problems with lowering the drinking age. The states of Massachusetts‚ Michigan and Maine lowered the drinking age‚ and then experienced a slight increase in alcohol related crashes among the 18 to 20 year old age range. Desired results? Hardly. What about insurance companies? The law may recognize the age being lowered‚ but insurance might not. The rates of drivers 21 years old and younger would skyrocket
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Rhetoric 15 April 2013 Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered to Eighteen? Former United States senator Byron Dorgan once said‚ “Nowhere in this country should we have laws that permit drinking and driving or drinking in vehicles that are on American highways. This is not rocket science. We know how to prevent this‚ and thirty-six states do” (searchquotes.com). In 1984‚ Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act which raised the minimum drinking age from eighteen to twenty-one. The
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Noel Reyes Underage Drinking Title: Teen Drinking 1. Introduction Attention getter: Hello my name is Noel Reyes. Did you know that the National Institute of Health recorded that each year over 5000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking? More than 1‚700 college students in the U.S. are killed each year-about 4.65 a day-- as a result of alcohol-related injuries. Its a growing problem that isn’t going to go away over night. A. Reason audience will be interested: This
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Here’s why you should avoid drinking too much water Many times as a child‚ we are told to drink eight glasses of water a day. It should be after a meal‚ as drinking water before will make you lose your appetite. Even as we grow old we are used to drinking as much water as possible as it says they cleanses are body and prevents dehydration. And that is still the case we believe today. Most people today seemed to brush away the idea of too much is as bad as less when it comes to consuming water
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points about how the law keeping the legal drinking age at 21 is ineffective because the problem lies within the person‚ not the alcohol itself‚ he fails to recognize the fact that even if this is the case‚ the raised drinking age has proven to be very effective overall. Additionally‚ even if he claims that the law is not effective in reducing drinking and driving‚ he doesn’t mention the dangers alcohol presents to young‚ developing minds. The drinking age should not be lowered to 18 and should remain
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