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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UNE ANCIENT HISTORY ANCH 322/522 Bronze Age Greece and the Aegean UNIT HANDBOOK TRIMESTER 3‚ 2012 School of Humanities The University of New England‚ Armidale‚ N.S.W.‚ 2351. 1 ANCH 322 BRONZE AGE GREECE AND THE AEGEAN Assignment Summary Assessment Summary (ANCH 322) The assessment for this unit consists of two written assignments (in essay style) Assignment 1 (2000 words) 40% Due Date: 3 December 2012 recommended (will be accepted up to 20 January) Assignment 2 (2500
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Drinking age shouldn’t be change Many young people are drinking at an early age which shown it’s a public health problem in this country. Approximately five thousand underage die a year due to drinking. Research shows drinking at an early age can lead into alcoholic. Other research shows younger children drinking are more likely to be engaging in behaviors that harm themselves and others. Research believes‚ “Increasing the age at which people can legally purchase and drink alcohol has been the
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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 at 21 because not
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believed to be accepted at a far lower standard than the admission standard for the rest of the student body. There have been many arguments and proposed solutions be able to lower their admission standards for athletes based on their athletic merit‚ and why they should not. I deem that it is right for colleges should lower their admission standards for athletes One augment is that there should be a special athletic admission standard‚ which would enable colleges to lower admission standards for athletes
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America demonstrated its power to the Soviets and the world by the extraordinary triumph of the first moon landing in 1969. In order to fully appreciate the significance of the lunar landing of Apollo 11‚ one must review the history of the early U. S. space program‚ from its inception to the successful completion of the Apollo mission. The United States and the Soviets began their fierce competition after World War II‚ the Cold War era; not only was the arms race on the ground‚ but also race
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every year while intoxicated and more than 175‚000 are seriously injured. That means alcohol leads to almost 30% of teen deaths each year. Lowering the legal drinking age would only increase this number. B. The legal drinking age should not be lowered to 18 years old. C. 1. The human brain is not fully developed until the age of 25 and an undeveloped brain is more likely to become addicted to alcohol (www.samafoundation.org). 2. Drunk-driving accidents are the leading cause of death
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Why we should raise legal driving age to 18 There were thirty thousand deaths of teenagers which were caused by car accidents from 1995- 2004. The issue of changing legal driving age has been being debated for decades. I am a teenager but i would not risk my life or other people if i am not ready. The first reason why we should raise the legal driving age to eighteen is the safety of drivers. Teenagers under eighteen are not yet developed the abilities to drive safely. For example
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(LAW AND ORDER) REMEMBER YOUR AGE BEFORE DRINKING ALCOHOL WANNA CONSUME ALCOHOL: HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR OWN AGE AND IS THERE A PERMIT WITH YOU? PICTURE COURTESY-http://www.rightstep.com/images/blogpics/medical-supervision.jpg Drinking’ is a term which can be used by common people in different ways i.e. drinking water‚ drinking medicines‚ drinking alcohol. Each word that is associated with drinking has an issue attached to itself and these issues can easily be identified
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disagreed that the minimum driving age should be raised from 16 to 18. It should stay at 16. There are many advantages to driving at an age younger than 18. Various teenagers are unable to participate in extracurricular activities due to no available way to get to and from the activity‚ teens are able to get jobs and need a way of transportation without depending so much on their parents‚ and numerous high school graduates are younger than 18 or just turned 18. First of all‚ various upperclassmen
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