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    Drinking Age to 18

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    In the United States at age 18‚ a person is legally allowed to buy tobacco‚ vote‚ get married‚ enlist in the military‚ and work in a bar‚ among other privileges. However‚ in most states‚ he cannot legally drink champagne at his own wedding or have a beer with his fellow comrades. 18 is the age of adulthood in the United States‚ and adults should have the right to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption. Turning 18 entails receiving the rights and responsibilities of adulthood‚ which involves

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    Drinking age debate

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    How Old is Old Enough? Drinking Age 11/11/2011 How old is old enough to have an alcoholic beverage?   Iris Cummings How Old is Old Enough? The legal drinking age is a topic that has come up for‚ and will continue to come up for‚ many years. The main question that needs to be answered is what is it that determines when a person is able to drink. Should we continue to base the drinking level on age or should we look at other characteristics. Those enrolled in the military

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    Not lower drinking age

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    By ABby 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

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    Drinking Age Analysis

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    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 that alcohol

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    Lowering the Drinking Age Many teenage deaths in the United States are caused in some way by the influence of alcohol; however‚ many people still believe that the legal drinking age should be reduced to eighteen. This issue has been going on for years‚ but the law has not been changed since the change to twenty-one in 1980. States have become stricter about preventing under-age drinking‚ but teenagers have no problem getting alcohol. There are many arguments in favor of changing the drinking age back to

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    Higher Drinking Age

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    Between 1976 and 1983‚ many states begin to raise the minimum legal age for purchasing alcohol. The primary reason for this was to combat drunk driving fatalities. Then‚ in 1984‚ Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act‚ which stated that states must raise the minimum drinking age to 21 by 1986‚ or they will lose ten percent of their federal highway funding. This act shows just how serious of an issue youth drinking had become. As a result of this‚ there has been a dramatic decrease

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    Drinking Age Laws

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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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    Legal Drinking Age

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    The Legal Drinking Age in the United States There has been a continuous controversy in the United States on whether the legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 or kept at 21. In the Persuasive Text “Five Reasons we should keep the drinking age at 21” Karen Arnold-Burger‚ she states the five reasons why people should keep the legal drinking age at 21 in the United States. Karen Arnold-Burger graduated at University of Kansas with a law degree in August 1981. She was appointed Judge of the

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    Breaking The Drinking Age

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    Underage drinking has been a major issue in the United States and can be severely solved by just simply lowering the drinking age by 3 years and will drastically reduce the thrill of breaking the law for teanegers. Teenagers are rebellious and know it if the drinking age were 18 they would not consider breaking the law because there is no fun if the law were to get lowered. Reducing the law will also stop the manufacturing of false id where teenagers deliberately disrespect the law. The high

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    Lowering Drinking Age

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    Lowering the Drinking Age Laws are made to benefit and protect us. We have all heard the old folks saying‚ “learn how to pick your battles.” That is exactly what the government needs to do; fight battles they can win. In the state of Maine‚ a person must be twenty-one to purchase or consume alcohol. Instead‚ the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen. There has been an ongoing controversy in the United States about whether the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen‚ like most of the world

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