and has such an immense control over all body functions. A human brain has not fully developed until the age of 25‚ which is why the legal drinking age should not be at the age of 21. It gives off harmful alterations in the functions of the development of the brain and therefore doesn’t give the brain the full amount of time that it needs to grow. While the brain is still developing‚ drinking a heavy amount may cause damages to certain brain functions and have lasting health effects. Some examples
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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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The legal drinking age should remain twenty-one. It should not be lowered because teenagers are not mature enough to drink responsibly. If you are allowed to have a credit card‚ provide for a family‚ and vote‚ you should be able to drink at the age it already is. We all know the consequences to what we do to our bodies‚ that is why we have choices. Drinking can be addicting just like coffee‚ cigarettes‚ medications‚ and body building. Teenagers are not mature enough for the drinking age to be lowered
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Alcohol Age Restrictions for Military SOC 120 8 April 2013 Professor Cross Alcohol Age Restrictions for Military This is a topic that hits home with me. My father was military and my husband is currently active duty. So‚ I see and deal with this on a regular basis. To where I see everyone’s point of views on the topic‚ I hope one day that people put their selves in our service members’ shoes. Turning 18 entails receiving the rights and responsibilities of adulthood to vote‚ serve on juries
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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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I. When you are at the age of 18‚ adulthood starts to set in. It’s that time when you have to grow up and be more mature about life. I feel like lowering the drinking age shouldn’t be no problem. I understand that alcohol causes deaths and violent crimes in a lot of different ways but not everyone drinks and not everyone a drinker. Someone could have a beer and two and be completely fine. There are actually people in this world who are responsible enough even at a young age where if they drink they
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The Minimum Drinking Age Should Remain at 21 INTRODUCTION: Imagine a man who is in his mid-forties‚ he has a nice house and nice car‚ with 2 beautiful children‚ ages 14 and 18. He is one of those parents who has done everything and anything for his kids‚ as any parent would. He has gone through all the hard times of raising them and taking care of them‚ and they are almost on that brink of becoming adults. Then one Friday night‚ he gets a call at 2:45 in the morning. It’s the police. They start off
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Sociology Lowering The Drinking Age The legal drinking age in the United States is set at twenty-one years of age. I believe that considering twenty-one as the legal age of maturity is absurd. Who is it to say that just because an individual is twenty-one means that they are mature enough to consume alcohol in a responsible manner? Changing the legal drinking age to eighteen should be imposed. Eighteen year-old individuals can take on many adult responsibilities‚ but they do not have the right
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beverages holds brings a difficult question to the table. Where do we draw the line? How old is old enough to be trusted with a drink that can so drastically warp one’s conscious thought? As of now‚ 21 years old is that line‚ in an effort to discourage young drinkers‚ stop drunk driving and binge drinking. But the attempt to constrict and criminalize alcohol is a primary source of these issues in and of itself. Allowing individuals to drink earlier on in their lives‚ but under safe‚ regulated conditions
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Should the legal age for the consumption of alcoholic beverages such as wine‚ beer‚ and liquor be lowered? In America‚ any person that is twenty-one years of age is considered ‘old enough’ to consume such beverages and allowed to socially drink. Even though any person of eighteen years or older is considered an adult in the view of the the United States. Any eighteen year old is able to vote for said leader of the country even if they don’t factor in certain the effects a leader would have on the
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