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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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 to 18 It’s your 18th birthday and your finally a legal adult. Immediately you can smoke cigarettes‚ vote‚ be a jury member‚ even join the military and fight for your country. But don’t think about a having a beer at your going away party the night before you depart for the Middle East. No‚ you will have to wait until your 21. As an American citizens we are given many responsibilities at the age of 18. One of them not being the ability to consume alcohol. So I believe
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Legal Drinking Age One of the biggest arguments that you will find going on today is‚ what the legal drinking age in The United States of America should be. Today in the USA the legal drinking age is twenty-one‚ but why twenty-one why not eighteen or thirty? Why have a drinking age of twenty-one in this country when there are over two hundred other countries that have lower drinking ages‚ and none that have higher? Who gets to decide the age at which someone is mature enough to consume alcohol
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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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about turning 18 because it means adulthood‚ running off to college‚ and gaining freedom. When turning this age‚ you are allowed to join the military‚ get married and receive all the rights and responsibilities of an adult. However‚ having a wedding at this age means that during the celebration‚ one is not allowed to share a glass of Champaign during the toasts because the drinking age is 21. The United States is one of the few countries in the world to have such a high legal drinking age. Therefore
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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 impetus
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Draft #4 Increasing the drinking age from 18 to 21 caused a lot of debate. Many believed it would have done more good than it actually has done. Lesley Stahl‚ the CBS journalist‚ once said‚ "It hasn’t reduced or eliminated drinking. It has simply driven it underground‚ behind closed doors‚ into the most risky and least manageable of settings." As Stahl states‚ the drinking is “underground” to an extent and very visible in universities. Underage drinking‚ and drinking in general is very visible
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Discuss ethical implications related to the PR issues Merriam-Webster defines ethical behavior as “the discipline dealing with what are good and bad‚ with moral duty and obligation” (Ethical‚ 2008). In the recent years it has been said that good ethics can mean good business. When it comes to reputation and public image an ethical business is better off than an unethical one. Ethical issues can be directly or sometimes indirectly from the strategic decisions that are made to meet public
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Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered to 18? The drinking age in America is currently at 21. Some people have argued against that saying that it makes no sense to keep the drinking age at 21 since in most countries around the world it is at 18 or lower. Others argue that if the voting age and the army allows young men and women to fight why shouldn’t they be allowed t drink alcohol. Alcohol is a powerful drug that effects the mind of anyone consuming it. That is why it is best for society if the drinking
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