Responsibility Lowering the drinking age to eighteen‚ mistake or a way to stop larger problems? I have found a website that‚ if you are for lowering the drinking‚ will clear a lot of these kinds of questions up. Choose Responsibility is a non-profit organization founded by President Emeritus John M. McCardell Jr. of Middlebury College‚ when McCardell was approached by the Robertson Foundation‚ a foundation interested in investigating the consequences of the 21 year-old drinking age. The Effects of the
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Keeping the Drinking at 21 In the world today‚ the majority of countries has a legal drinking age of eighteen or lower. Unlike many other countries‚ the United States has a minimum legal drinking age of twenty-one. Although our laws acknowledge that at age eighteen one is an adult who possess sufficient maturity and judgment to operate a motor vehicle‚ serve in the military‚ perform jury duty‚ sign a contract or even get married‚ those same laws deny that same adult the right to purchase‚ possess
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The use of cellphone while driving Informative speech Specific purpose: to inform my audience about the risks that are involved while using their cellphone while driving and its penalties. Thesis: Using a cellphone while on the road could be risky. Organizational pattern: Topical order. INTRODUCTION: I. Attention Getter: ‘’Using a cellphone while driving‚ whether it is handheld or hands-free‚ delays drivers reactions as much as having blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit
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You don’t need to be a daily drinker to get a D.U.I‚ you just need that one drink too many to get behind the wheel. Parents‚ brothers‚ sisters and friends are impacted everyday by the choices we make. Either they’re bailing out a loved one or they’re burying them due to driving under the influence. I stand before you as someone that has experienced the repercussions of making a bad decision. And that decision was to get behind the wheel when I was intoxicated. I not only put myself in danger but
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The controversial topic of lowering the drinking age has been present since they raised the minimum drinking age from eighteen to twenty-one in the summer of 1984. Today‚ we see that drinking is more than just an occasional weekend activity for young adults. Whether it be a young adult or a middle-aged individual‚ the consumption of alcohol is a popular coping mechanism for any misfortune one may endure. The only difference being that young adults are more susceptible to addiction. Another issue
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would you feel if your your loved teen was taken from you because of teen drinking? Underage drinking has been a problem for many years and sadly people do get their loved ones taken from them because of teen drinking. Many of the underage drinking accidents aren’t because of driving either. There are short term and long term health effects that can effects that can cause tremendous pain on your community. Underage drinking has been a problem for many years. It has primarily impacted society
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alcohol” (Dowshen). These students are more likely to show serious drinking problems later in life during middle age and adulthood. People are debating that the minimum legal drinking age of 21 years is not working to stop youths from drinking alcohol. Lowering the drinking age to 18 will make alcohol more available to those that are younger to purchase and consume. Even though 18 is the legal age of adulthood‚ the minimum legal drinking age should remain at 21 because the 18-year-old adult body is not
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ENG122: Composition II An Introduction to Argument English 122: Composition II An Introduction to Argument Argument and Rhetoric An argument can take many forms. It is‚ at its root‚ a method for communicating a singular position with evidence‚ logic‚ and persuasion. There are essential elements to all valid arguments‚ though they may take different forms. 1. Claim 2. Evidence 3. Counterargument 4. Rebuttal A successful argument depends upon the delicate balance between these elements. Imagine a
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drug most used by American young people. The average age at which young people ages 12 to 17 begin to drink is 13 years old. The average age that underage drinkers ages 12 to 20 begin to drink is 16.1 years old.4 From 1979 to 2006‚ risk of binge drinking declined from 12- to 20-year old males but not females in this age range. NO reduction in binge drinking occurred for college males. In a national study‚ 13.8% of eighth-graders reported having at least one drink in the past 30 days‚ and 11.5% had
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years on whether or not the drinking age should be dropped down from 21 to 18. Many people have views or opinions on what the legal drinking age should or should not be. Right now the legal drinking age is 21‚ and many people‚ especially a younger crowd‚ are working extremely hard to change that to 18. All over the world‚ different countries have a different standard which leads to a different drinking age. There is a reason why the United States has put the legal drinking age at 21. This was to ensure
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