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    of 1984‚ the US government under the presidency of Ronald Reagan enacted the 21 Minimum Drinking Age law (MLDA) requiring every state to raise the drinking age from 18 to 21 or that particular state’s highway construction grant would be denied (MADD.org). The underlying purpose of the act was to reduce the amount of deaths related to alcohol‚ more specifically‚ the amount of deaths resulting from drinking and driving. There

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    Alcohol at 18? Something to Consider The universal question; should the age for drinking be lowered? In my personal opinion‚ I believe that the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen from twenty one for various reasons. The legal drinking age is currently twenty-one‚ but the illegal drinking age is everything under. Why is the main question asked. Some people believe that twenty one is too high to be the minimum age to be able to legally drink and others feel that it is the perfect age. This

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    Lowering the Drinking Age to 18 in the United States While it may seem to some‚ drinking at age eighteen is frowned upon. It is actually true that many people between the ages of 18 and 20 drink alcohol illegally without any sense of guilt. On July 17‚ 1984‚ a law was established in the United States that impacted a large number of America’s youth. The indicated law was the National Minimum Drinking Age Act. Legal drinking ages were originally determined by each state. Many states kept the age

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    In the United States‚ there is a law that prohibits youth twenty-one years of age and younger not to drink any alcoholic beverages. However‚ there has been an ongoing controversy on whether the drinking age should be lower than twenty-one. Underage drinking has been a major controversial issue for years‚ yet why is it not under control? A lot of people believe that it should be lowered‚ but also there are a considerable amount of people who think it should stay the same. This debate has been going

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    truly was until my older sister taught me about alcohol poisoning. I was around the ages of 9 or 10 and could not wait until my 21st birthday so I could drink because the movies and grown- ups in my life made it look so fun. Suddenly‚ my outlook on drinking changed. It was almost the summer time‚ grass couldn’t have been greener‚ school was almost out‚ and I was so excited to return home so I could play outside. The day seemed like any other; I was picked up from school‚ given a snack‚ watched over

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    lowering the drinking age back to eighteen will lead to a domino affect of bad premonitions like rampant drinking binges‚ raving alcoholics‚ and more traffic accident deaths upon the entire nation. Realistic Alcohol Laws for Legal Youth (RALLY) is one of many major organizations dedicated to rectifying these faulty perspectives that Americans hold. Due to the irrelevance on the number of alcohol related car accidents in the 1970?s‚ the parents obligation to teach responsible drinking‚ and the fact

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    Does the Drinking Age Truly Make a difference? Thomas Dertinger Dr. Tara Parrello CJ 113 Introduction to Criminal Justice December 8‚ 2011 Annotated Bibliography CJ 113 Introduction to Criminal Justice Research Question: Does the Drinking Age Truly Make a Difference? Fromme‚ K. Wetherill‚ R.R.‚ &Neal‚ D.J. (2010). Turning 21 and the Associated Changes in Drinking and Driving After Among College Students. Journal of American College Health‚ 59(1)‚ 21-27. The author’s

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    able to consume alcohol? Some adults feel that lowering the legal drinking age would cause more problems on the road and in bars or night clubs‚ but until we give young adults the opportunity to prove themselves‚ we are just stereotyping every eighteen-year-old. Here are a couple of reasons that lowering the legal drinking age makes sense: eighteen-year-olds are able to fight and die for your country‚ states are allowing underage alcohol consumption on alcohol-selling premises‚ with parental consent

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    KEEPING THE DRINKING AGE THE SAME I believe that the drinking age should remain at twenty-one. Underage drinking is dangerous to the drinker and the rest of society. The U.S Department of Health and Human Services analysis shows that frequent binge drinking causes young people to engage in risky behavior such as using other drugs like marijuana and shows that people tend to have sex with six or more partners. Alcohol is very unhealthy for the brain and drinking at a young age could cause many health

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    Tayrin O’Rand 14 March 2012 Should the Minimum Drinking Age be Lowered? The minimum drinking age became a hot topic ever since it was set to twenty one years old. It is a law not everyone welcomes with open arms‚ one that has the most impact in the lives of adolescents and if violated‚ one that can put a state at risk of forfeiting ten percent of its annual federal highway appropriation. John M. McCardell Jr.‚ president of Middlebury College; founder and president of Choose Responsibility‚

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