Not Lowering Drinking Age “Approximately 92% of U.S. adults who drink excessively report binge drinking in the past 30 days (Fact Sheets).” The local government should not lower the drinking age to 18 because lowing this effect the frontal lobes development‚ there would be more ‘binge drinking’‚ and there would be more alcohol-associated violent behavior. But if the local government were to lower the drinking age‚ there would be less of a thrill. According Christian Moyer research‚ “"We know alcohol
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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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Running head: FINAL Under Age Drinking Paper Drinking alcohol at such a young age is an enormous risk and can have long-term affects on the human body. Yet alone “In 2009‚ about 10.4 million young people between ages 12 and 20 drank more than “just a few sips” of alcohol.”(Underage Drinking) drinking alcohol under the age of 21 is illegal in the United States making it a crime. More teenagers are drinking alcohol every year for example parties‚ entertainment‚ or
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LEGALLY RAISING THE DRIVING AGE IN THE UNITED STATES TO 18 1 Legally Raising the Driving Age in the United States to 18 and Reducing the Teenage Driving Fatalities and Accidents LEGALLY RAISING THE DRIVING AGE IN THE UNITED STATES TO 18 2 Abstract This paper explains the reasoning of increasing the legal driving age in the United States to age 18. It gives insight into the statistics of driving fatalities among teens‚ allowing the teenage brain to
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‚ ScD. (2010). “Will increasing alcohol availability by lowering the minimum legal drinking age decrease drinking and related consequences among youths?” American Journal of Public Health‚ 100(6)‚ 986-92. Print. Blackwell‚ Wiley. "Does the Minimum Drinking Age Affect Traffic Fatalities?" Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 2nd ser. 6 (1987): 180-92. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. "Drinking Age ProCon.org." Drinking Age ProCon.org. ProCon.org‚ 11 Nov. 2012. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://drinkingage
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Lowering the legal drinking age from 21 to 18 will not solve the problem of binge drinking. Many different aspects can lead a teen to drinking however‚ lowering the drinking age will only cause more issues in today’s society. The numbers of teens drinking would increase to rise to greater numbers than what they already are. The chances of an eighteen year old buying alcohol for a sixteen year old will increase causing more individuals to obtain alcohol. Giving teens the chance to purchase alcohol
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Rough draft United States believes that at the age of 18 you are considered an adult and are responsible for your own actions. At the age of 18 you can move out of your parents homes‚ I and every other girl in this room can go have an abortion‚ at the age of 18 you can sign up for the military and legally kill people and even put your own life at risk to protect our country‚ we can vote on who we want the next president of our country to be‚ you can go to a car dealer ship and purchase a car
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Drinking is an issue Alcohol is a controversial topic and its usage a more critical issue in front of us. Drinking is related to vivid debates all around the country‚ with netizens arguing on what should be decided. Some argue that the age should be lowered as it is open jurisdiction to everyone. But if we take the things as what I think‚ it should be raised. I have other reason but cause may be varied. Hence‚ through a conclusive reason which may be vivid‚ but there is a lot of debate over the drinking
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forward to the day they turn 21 so they can legally consume alcohol. This drinking age was first introduced under the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984. Under this act‚ “all states were required to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21” (alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org). Although many adults enjoy alcoholic beverages‚ some individuals do not responsibly do so. For this reason‚ the drinking age should be raised to 25 due to the overwhelming amount of evidence proving
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1. What was the justification for undertaking this specific piece of research? The justification for undertaking this research into “Underage Risky Drinking” is to understand the key motives and outcomes that young people may have when drinking underage‚ to what extent they drink and also to explore the social and health related issues that may encounter due to the excessive drinking. This report also focuses on why young people choose to drink in an unsupervised location instead of a supervised
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