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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Michael Cooper English 102-Laverty December 8‚ 2012 Under the age‚ over the limit! Do you remember how cool you felt the first time that you drank? All of us younger kids‚ hanging out with the older kids‚ everyone getting drunk together. Thinking about this when I was younger really made me raise the question of why we have a legal limit to drink in the first place. Underage kids have had no problem getting alcohol for decades so why put a legal limit on it? When I found
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Drinking and Driving Drinking and driving is an illegal act that is wrong on multiple levels. It violates a moral and ethical code. In a society that has the morals of a brothel where it is better to joke with your buddies about getting wasted on the weekends or how much more drinking you did compared to your buddy. We forget that simply talking in this manner sends out a message that we condone the act of drinking without moderation. When you condone the act of drinking without moderation then
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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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Heading Information Why is this a problem‚ especially for teen drivers? Under age drinking and driving kills over 3‚000 teens a year. Statistics from research regarding teen crash rates. 3‚000 Teens a year die from alcohol related crashes each year. How is one organization or group trying to solve this problem? Name group and what they are doing. RADD helps raise awareness about teens drinking and driving. How is another organization or group working to solve the
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of Age Essay Evaluate the social constructs that have brought about similarities and differences between you and your interviewees‚ drawing conclusions about the influence of power and authority‚ gender and technology‚ continuity and change. There are a variety of social constructs that have brought about similarities and differences between the attitudes of society today and various societies and cultures in the 1970’s/1980’s. Through a series of interviews with people who ‘came of age’ in
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Underage Drinking Alcohol is the most common and popular drug in many cultures. There are several problems caused by underage drinking; furthermore‚ this is a serious disease. Most teenagers have a greater record of underage drinking compared to young people 20 years ago. There are more accidents and deaths now as a result of underage alcohol consumption. Subsequently‚ we are for the banning of underage drinking. First of all‚ alcohol causes many problems for society nowadays. Alcohol has
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year‚ approximately 5‚000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking; this includes about 1‚900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes‚ 1‚600 as a result of homicides‚ 300 from suicide‚ as well as hundreds from other injuries such as falls‚ burns‚ and drownings. Credibility Statement: Underage drinking can not only bring harm to you but also to your family. Audience Involvement: Have you ever been involved in a teenage drinking incident? Yes‚ ofcourse we all have because we’ve
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astounding 25 percent of the people who died were teens.” This statement comes from the passage “Reader Supports Teen Driving Bill.” “And the problem of fatal elderly crashes is expected to grow because by 2024‚ one in four U.S. drivers will be over age 65‚ according to the National Older Driver Research and Training Center.” This statement comes from the passage “Unfair Driving Laws.” These two statements support the claim that the two authors of these passages think alike because both of these statements
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Teenagers have the highest average annual crash and traffic violation rates of any other age group. Teenagers today have become one of the most dangerous people who drive‚ they are even more dangerous than old people. There are many things teens do while driving that are not save and violate laws and safety procedures that keep people safe on the road. One of the major things teens do while driving is having a lack of attentiveness. whether it is changing the radio station or thinking about
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