According to the law‚ underage employment is strongly prohibited in our country but yet there’s still a lot of employers ignoring it and take underage child to work. The allowed age of working is 16 years old and above under Children and Young Persons Act. This issue has to be looked in seriously for the pros and consequences. It is risky if you were to hire an underage worker. The reason being‚ if an underage employee is hired and it is proven that they are injured
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tv show drinking to be fun all the time‚ but they don’t tell you what really happens when you drink all the time. Drinking can be fun‚ but when you start drinking every weekend your health starts going bad. According to MADD almost every 90 seconds a person is involved in a drunk driving accident. The U.S.A’s legal drinking age has caused many people to want to change the drinking age to 18. Lowering the drinking age to eighteen would be a bad idea‚ the U.S. has already lowered the drinking age once
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Drinking Age The drinking age was moved from 18 to 21 for a reason. The higher drinking age of 21 has saved many lives‚ helped reduce the amount of underage drinking‚ and therefore should not be lowered. Many studies from a large variety of sources have proven higher drinking ages have a positive effect on society. Alcohol is harmful to the development of younger people. Research has shown that an adult is less likely to binge
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Smith English 101 09 May 2014 Drinking Age Should Be At Age 21 Many American adults assume that drinking age must be age 21‚ because starting to drink alcohol early would have a lot of negative consequences such as having more car accidents‚ risks of lungs cancers‚ and so on. On the other hand‚ some American teenagers also believe if the law allowed the underage drinking‚ we would have several car accidents‚ which happens every day. In the article “Heavy Drinking on College Campuses: No Reason
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Running head: THE MINIMUM LEGAL DRINKING AGE 1 The Minimum Legal Drinking Age Carly Winne Summit County High School THE MINIMUM LEGAL DRINKING AGE Abstract This paper includes the view of why the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen. It has several points and fats to explain the reasoning of this opinion. It goes into depth of how it is affecting the youth‚ the future‚ and statistics and how lowering the age can make a positive change for everyone
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Jacquelyn Manka ENG 110 Professor Hibschman 10 November 2011 Drinking Age of 21 In July of 1984‚ the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 was put into act‚ making the national drinking age 21‚ higher than it was in any individual state. Ever since‚ there has been an ongoing debate on whether or not the change has been effective and if it was necessary. I agree with the article “The Drinking Age of 21 Saves Lives‚” by Toben F. Nelson and Traci L. Toomey‚ because they effectively used logos
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Why People Underage Drink Tardiff explains how alcohol is a natural product‚ created with grains‚ fruits‚ and vegetables. When people drink it is absorbed in people’s bloodstream‚ then effects their nervous system‚ which controls all the bodies functions (. When people drink they do not realize what they are doing‚ they tend to make stupid decisions. Underage people tend to think the decisions they make in the moment are funny‚ but do not realize it could become something so worse for their future
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Review and Analysis of the American Journal of Health Studies’ Article Applying Behavioral Theory to an Innovative School-Based Program For Preventing Underage Drinking and Impaired Driving Diane Everett September 24‚ 2012 The article yields to the dangerous reality that underage drinking is a problem. The article further notes that it is also met publicity that peaks and shifts throughout decades. Currently all drunk drivers are being targeted
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Drinking Imagine having a few quite drink’s with your friends‚ But one of your friends drink’s to much and starts to cause trouble‚ swearing all over the place‚ yelling at the neighbours or even picking a fight with you. What would you do?‚ leave them be to cause more trouble? or take them home?. Alcohol is one of New Zealand’s most used drug that causes the problems. New Zealanders enjoy alcohol in moderation but alcohol brings negative health and social consequences associated with it. Some
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Maintaining the Drinking Age Law of 21 Teen alcohol use kills about 6‚000 people each year‚ more than all illegal drugs combined (Hingson and Kenkel). Alcohol use by persons under 21 years of age is a major public health problem. Alcohol is a common used and abused drug among youth in the United States. Although alcohol is harmful to everyone‚ alcohol harms adolescents much more than adults. Adolescents are more vulnerable than adults to the harmful effects of alcohol on learning‚ memory‚ and
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