There’s a reason the legal driving age in Ohio is 16 and 16 1/2 in Kentucky. Kids younger than that in most cases lack the emotional and cognitive skills to bear the responsibility of operating a vehicle‚ said Dr. James Brush‚ a child psychologist who has a practice in Monfort Heights. “Children at age 12 can become frightened or overwhelmed much more than older children‚” Dr. Brush said. That’s what may have happened early Friday when 12-year-old Courtney Mathis of Mount
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Lowering the Drinking Age “Nearly 10 million youths‚ ages 12 to 20‚ in this country report they have consumed alcohol in the past 30 days.” (“City Council”) Teens use alcohol for a numerous amount of reasons‚ ranging from celebration to stress to boredom and underage drinking has now become a hobby done behind closed doors. The legal limit today in the United states has been 21 since the 1984‚ requiring all states to raise the minimum age for purchase and possession of alcohol to 21‚ but that
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to end another. There is speculation that the current minimum drinking age is not working‚ while in prior years‚ information suggests that past minimum drinking ages did not work either. Although there was a warranted change of laws in 1984 to raise the minimum drinking age in the United States‚ speculation that the new government ordinance was not the best choice is apparent. The idea behind the national drinking age being set at 21 has a long history of faltering laws between states. The gray area
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English 101 December 1‚ 2011 Should the legal drinking age be raised (or lowered)? Should the drinking age be lowered to eighteen years old‚ when one is considered an adult‚ and assumes adult privileges‚ or should the drinking age remain at twenty-one years old‚ since people are more mature and therefore‚ can be safe and responsible with alcohol? I believe that the drinking age should remain at twenty-one years old because lowering the legal age would not be the best interest of the public’s safety
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I. When you are at the age of 18‚ adulthood starts to set in. It’s that time when you have to grow up and be more mature about life. I feel like lowering the drinking age shouldn’t be no problem. I understand that alcohol causes deaths and violent crimes in a lot of different ways but not everyone drinks and not everyone a drinker. Someone could have a beer and two and be completely fine. There are actually people in this world who are responsible enough even at a young age where if they drink they
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Sociology Lowering The Drinking Age The legal drinking age in the United States is set at twenty-one years of age. I believe that considering twenty-one as the legal age of maturity is absurd. Who is it to say that just because an individual is twenty-one means that they are mature enough to consume alcohol in a responsible manner? Changing the legal drinking age to eighteen should be imposed. Eighteen year-old individuals can take on many adult responsibilities‚ but they do not have the right
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“What we’re doing now to prevent underage drinking isn’t working; it’s time to try something else.” Although many people argue that the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1964‚ which lowed the drinking age from eighteen to twenty one‚ was a good idea. David J Hanson a professor in the State University of New York believed that something needs to be done to make the United States a safer place to live. Is it fair that people in the United States can serve in the military‚ vote in elections‚ serve
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Keeping the Drinking at 21 In the world today‚ the majority of countries has a legal drinking age of eighteen or lower. Unlike many other countries‚ the United States has a minimum legal drinking age of twenty-one. Although our laws acknowledge that at age eighteen one is an adult who possess sufficient maturity and judgment to operate a motor vehicle‚ serve in the military‚ perform jury duty‚ sign a contract or even get married‚ those same laws deny that same adult the right to purchase‚ possess
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When it comes to drinking water‚ most people immediately desire a crystal clear‚ ice cold bottle of water. What they might not know is that bottled water is dangerous; not only is it stored in a carcinogen-releasing container‚ but it has over 38 other chemicals and pollutants in it. Tap water‚ on the other hand‚ is straight from a source that is thoroughly regulated. Consumers should ban the bottle when it comes to drinking water and instead drink tap water. For one‚ drinking tap water decreases
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are dismally getting injured and killed every day‚ the thrust many Americans are making to lower the minimum legal drinking age is continuing on. The age citizens are allowed to fight for their country and vote for their leaders is a young 18 years old‚ so many believe‚ why can’t they drink a beer? Throughout the past few decades‚ the legal drinking age has been lowered to 18 years of age‚ and then raised again‚ in many states across the country. Adolescents and young adults throughout the United States
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