Many young people’s lives can be saved if the legal drinking age is twenty-one. The alcohol consumption of under age pupils has been a concern that relates to many more problems among our community. I believe that the current drinking age should be increased to the age of twenty-one because it would help contract alcohol related injuries and deaths among adolescents and young adults. Rising the drinking age could also help to prevent alcohol consumption whilst in a position of a beginners driving
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The minimum drinking age and the concerns of the effects of alcohol started in America during the Prohibition Era. In the article “Teaching With Documents: The Volstead Act and Related Prohibition Documents‚” the author states that concerns of the effects of alcohol were preached fanatically in the early 20th century. Temperance organizations such as The American Temperance Society‚ the Women’s Christian Temperance Union‚ and the Anti-Saloon League were formed for one purpose‚ to ratify the Constitution
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Most of the policies dealing with alcohol are not to prevent alcohol addiction‚ but are to prevent underage drinking and to create safer roads. These policies are enforced with a combination of local‚ state and federal laws (Source 3). The laws are not directly dealing with roads‚ but the laws do create safer roads in the end. The federal‚ state and local governments have control over the manufacturing of alcohol‚ deciding who can drink it‚ deciding who can sell it and the responses to alcohol related
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Are There Drinking Motives for College Students Diana Carrington Argosy University Advanced General Psychology PSY 492 Dr. Marie Dubé August 03‚ 2011 Are There Drinking Motives for College Students? Studies have shown that there are drinking motives for college students (Mohr‚ Armeli‚ Temple‚ Todd‚ Clark‚ & Carney‚ 2005). Other studies have also shown multiple drinking motives such as social (you can loosen up and feel more confident)‚ enhancement (it gives you a false sense of security
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The drinking age in Australia should be raised to 21. By raising the drinking age‚ students will more likely stay in school and concentrate on studying‚ enabling them a better future. It will also reduce the number of young alcohol consumers‚ and therefore‚ future adult alcoholics. Unwanted teenage pregnancies are becoming common and this can be attributed to drunkenness. However‚ by raising the drinking age‚ some teenagers might actually be encouraged to drink more‚ just to challenge the law. The
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Alcohol: Lowering the Legal Drinking Age Karita Lockwood Professor O’Quinn COM 323 October 29‚ 2012 Introduction Alcohol is a drink that is made from corn‚ barley or a beverage containing ethyl. There is currently an ongoing debate as to if the legal age limit for alcohol consumption should be lowered. Despite the dangers‚ everyday in the United States more than 13‚000 children and teens consume alcohol. The age range between eleven and eighteen is the most influential period when youths
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Binge drinking is a major issue that a lot of college students are facing today. According to NIAAA‚ in order for something to be considered binge drinking the blood alcohol concentration has to be .08 grams percent or above. Usually‚ for most college students‚ this means consuming five or more drinks in 2 hours. The rate is extremely high among college students and according to NIAAA reports‚ two out of every five students of all ages‚ which is more than 40 percent have reported in binge drinking
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from colleges such as Dartmouth‚ Virginia Tech‚ and Duke all signed a declaration that concluded that the legal drinking age should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen (cbsnews.com). This sparked a huge and heated debate that is still going on seven years later. Being a largely debated topic‚ there are multiple angles presents for both those for and against lowering the legal drinking age. While it is at times a very emotionally charged argument‚ the facts are here to speak for themselves on the
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harm reduction strategies‚ the National Binge Drinking
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Every day in America a teenager turns 18 years old. For some it means a new car‚ freedom‚ or the excitement of no longer needing your parents’ permission on serious decisions. For others its dreadful turning 18 because means that they have “aged out” of the foster care system with no afterward plans or support. Each year it is estimated that 20‚000 young people age out and this is tragic because they have no one to turn to‚ they have no home to go to and they are forced into adulthood before they
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