the Drinking Age In other countries around the world if you are under the age of 21 you can drink alcohol some countries don ’t even have an age limit‚ but in America you have to be 21 to buy alcohol. You can go to war and die for your country when you are 18‚ you can also vote‚ buy cigarettes‚ but you can ’t buy alcohol. One of the main causes of the drinking age being set to 21 was teenagers were getting into car accidents after getting drunk. I am not saying driving under the influence should
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Drinking Age There is a question that a lot of people have been wondering for a while now. Should the drinking age be lowered to eighteen years old? The United States Of America is one of the few countries to have a drinking age of twenty one‚ and a lot of people is wondering‚ at eighteen years old‚ you are old enough to go to war‚ drive‚ to choose the president‚ but not old enough to drink? Teenagers turn 21 and don’t know how to control their drinking‚ when in fact‚ they should be taught
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harry potter mr. andrews Drinking age Is it fair to kill in war but not be able to drink Alcohol before the age of 21? Why do adults‚ the government‚ and even parents think teenagers are not responsible enough to drink at 18? They think teenagers are not mature enough to handle the responsibility and consequences of drinking alcohol. Studies have identified that teenagers are more vulnerable to the effects of alcohol on memory‚ learning and judgment. So there is a risk that teenagers
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The legal drinking age in the United States is a topic that has been debated for many years. This issue is‚ as some say we should keep it at the age of twenty-one‚ others say it should be lowered. Due to the minimum legal drinking age being twenty-one‚ alcohol has been even more appealing to kids whose brains naturally seek out risk more than adult brains do‚ but lowering the drinking age to reverse this effect would be detrimental to the developing body. After the drinking age was raised to twenty-one
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Weirtz 1 Taylor Weirtz Susan Vogel English Composition II 1 November 2013 Why the Drinking Age should be Lowered in the United States The United Sates has one of the highest drinking ages in the world. For this reason‚ many citizens under the legal drinking age of twenty one find this unfair and defy the law. High school and college students ignore the rule and go overboard with excessive drinking. From 1920 to 1933 alcohol was prohibited in the United States. This occurred when President
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Underage Drinking Underage drinkers drink to look cool and it may be the social thing to do at the latest party or even at home; feeling curious a teen may consume alcohol to fit in with their surroundings. This can be due to the fact that the minor could be pressured into drinking. With all the popular media hype about alcohol and especially during the Super Bowl; it just shows minors that it is okay to participate in drinking and if they do‚ this great boost will occur. The other cause to these
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about alcohol and some of the permanent dangers of drinking‚ many of Australia’s teens do not. 40% of 14-19 year-olds consume alcohol at levels that risk harm in the short-term‚ such as; accident and injury. In Australia alone‚ alcohol accounts for 13% of all deaths among 14–17 year-olds and it has been estimated that one Australian teenager dies and more than 60 are hospitalized each week from alcohol-related causes. But wait‚ isn’t the legal drinking age 18? So how do teenagers get a hold of alcohol
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crashes one out of four is intoxicated Half of those killed in alcohol related collisions had not been drinking Mental Affects of Alcohol When Driving After one drink first goes to area in brain that controls judgment and reasoning making them take risks 1st Concentration decreases and inhibitions are reduced causes one to be impulsive 2nd Reduced coordination trouble making trouble driving 3rd Distorted depth perception has trouble knowing how far away things are and how fast they are going
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Underage Drinking It is five o ’clock on a Friday night and classes are over for the weekend. The options for this evening are the kegger down the street‚ drinking at the bonfire‚ or sneaking into a bar with a fake ID. This can be a normal weekend for an underage drinker. Underage alcohol consumption can be very common in the weekly routine for many students. There are many different types of drinkers and reasons for their drinking habits. Some people may drink for social reasons and others
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should be illegal to drive while using a phone because it distracts drivers from the road and makes the roads unsafe. Although some believe it should not be illegal‚ actually it should because driving and being on the phone is one of the main causes for death and accidents in the United States. While driving‚ if someone looks at their phone for more than three seconds it doubles the chance of getting into an accident. A driver on their phone may not have their eyes on the road‚ so they might not
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