traffic accidents and fatalities in many countries with a minimum drinking age of 18” (18 Interesting Pro…). So why does the United States keep the age that you can have libations at 21? There has been a debate going on whether the drinking age should be 21 or 18. People have brought up statistics on the amount of wrecks and the amount of money going back into the economy. So the United States needs to change the drinking age‚ the drinking age should be 18 because a person is legally an adult at 18‚
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abysmal failure. It hasn’t reduced or eliminated drinking. It has simply driven it underground‚ behind closed doors‚ into the most risky and least manageable of settings‚"(Debate) said John McCardell of “Choose Responsibility”. Choose Responsibility is a non-profit organization that is for lowering the drinking age to 18. Young adults can vote‚ fight and die for their country overseas‚ and purchase tobacco at age 18‚ but why cannot they have a beer? Drinking among the youth in the United States has escalated
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Drinking on College Campuses Beer bongs‚ keg stands‚ and a million new drinks to discover‚ these are what college is all about. First-year students are introduced to a whole new world of parties that last until 3 a.m. and drinking beer for the usual breakfast. The week consists of concentrating on school for about 4 days of the week and partying 3 days. The money that was supposed to go towards books and gas to get home has been hoarded for the latest beer run or was used to get into the bar
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The legal drinking age is the age at which a person can consume or purchase alcoholic beverages. In 1934‚ the “Original ABC Act stated that the legal age for purchase‚ possession or consumption of any alcoholic beverage was 21 years of age” (History). The United States has the highest minimum age for alcohol consumption or purchase. Each state is responsible for setting their own minimum drinking age based on federalism. In 1984‚ the national minimum drinking age act was passed and it pushed states
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Lowering The Drinking Age Alcohol is considered to be a large problem in society today. Especially with young adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one. Which presents the question of whether or not the drinking age should be lowered. Lowering the legal drinking age to eighteen would have positive and negative influences on society. Positive through raising more government taxes and keep high school age and young college students out of trouble with the law for drinking. Negatively;
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society is drinking. Drinking in the United States has been an issue since the start of prohibition; alcohol was never the same in the US after that. It taught people to hide when they are drinking‚ just like most underage teens do now days. Although‚ alcohol is treated as a big scary issue‚ in most fatalities from drunk driving have dropped significantly since the drinking age was raised from 18 to 21‚ lowering the drinking age back down would drastically help the U.S.’s binge drinking problem‚ therefore
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Note: I do not encourage underage drinking. I just picked this topic because I thought it was really interesting and would catch peoples attention. Should the drinking age be lowered down to 18? When your 18 years old you are considered an adult. You can be drafted‚ drive‚ and vote. You also have many of responsibilities. If eighteen year olds are responsible and mature then why can’t they buy alcohol? People say eighteen year olds can’t handle alcohol‚ because they make to many mistakes
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Introduction: The concern of drinking and driving is a state law; therefore‚ the rules and laws may vary among the states. Regardless‚ drinking while driving is an enormous concern in all 50 states and getting behind the wheel of a vehicle after consuming any amount of alcohol should not be tolerated under any circumstances According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration‚ this year 519‚000 people‚ or one person per minute‚ will be injured in alcohol-related accidents. 10‚839 people
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Minimum Drinking Age According to the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine‚ in 2010 underage drinkers from ages 15-20 were responsible for 48.8% of alcohol purchases. The minimum legal drinking age(MLDA) in the United States was 18 years old until 1984‚ when all fifty states raised their legal drinking age to 21 or older. The drinking age should be lowered from 21 years old to 18 years old because at that age one legally becomes an adult‚ it would reduce the amount of unsafe drinking activity
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agriculture‚ and the right to drink this beverage has been in question for just as long. For many‚ the right to drink beer or vodka is a right of passage into adulthood‚ and for others it is a sign of strong friendship in ceremonies. The history of drinking in the U.S.A. is lengthy and complimated‚ but it starts with the American Revolution. Freedom is a good beer after a long day‚ and many men‚ women‚ and children drank beer in the 1700s because it was safer than the potentially infected water than
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