were over 10.8 million underage drinkers in the United States alone (Snyder). Alcoholism affects so many people in the United States‚ but every state has different laws regarding what the legal age should really be. Many people say once they turn 18 they should be able to do whatever they want. They are able to be drafted for war‚ vote for the president of the United States‚ pay bills on their own‚ have cars in their own name‚ etc. So why not be able to drink? The drinking age has become a more
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Alcohol: Lowering the Legal Drinking Age Karita Lockwood Professor O’Quinn COM 323 October 29‚ 2012 Introduction Alcohol is a drink that is made from corn‚ barley or a beverage containing ethyl. There is currently an ongoing debate as to if the legal age limit for alcohol consumption should be lowered. Despite the dangers‚ everyday in the United States more than 13‚000 children and teens consume alcohol. The age range between eleven and eighteen is the most influential period when youths
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Parenting Styles and the Effects on Child Development Christina Drakeford Prairie State College Parenting Styles and their Effects on Children‚ This essay is about the three different styles of parenting‚ including definitions‚ descriptions‚ and effects. The present study examined the significance of methods of discipline used by parents and how these methods of discipline consequently affect multiple
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Raising drinking age in B.C History has proven many times that drinking is bad. Teenage drinking and driving would result to death or accidents; as a result‚ many teenagers’ lives being taken away by consuming excessive alcohol than their limit. Most of the teenage kids get drugs at teenage parties‚ and it makes them addicted to alcohol‚ then they end up doing stupid stuff after getting drunk and they do not know that it is affecting their bodies negatively. The drinking age should be increased
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legal age for adulthood‚ why can’t it be the legal age to begin drinking? Is the government contradicting themselves? Over the years studies have shown that most teens do not wait until the age of twenty-one to begin drinking. Lowering the drinking age to eighteen would allow eighteen to twenty year-olds to drink alcohol in safe places with supervision. Keeping teens from drinking in unsafe environments would lower the amount of drinking related car accidents. Also‚ individuals are viewed as adults
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SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform my audience about teenage driving risks and what can be done to prevent them. CENTRAL IDEA: Teenagers driving are the cause of many fatalities each year and the restrictions already in existence are not doing enough to protect them. INTRODUCTION: I. Today I ’m going to be talking about teenage driving and the risks involved. II. More and more teenagers get behind the wheel each day with the wrong mindset toward driving III. The government is
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PSYN 101: Introduction to Psychology Dr. Jim Towey Spring 2013 Student: . Chapter 12: Motivation & Emotion 1. Motivation is BEST defined as _____. p. 422 a) the set of factors that activate‚ direct‚ and maintain behavior toward a goal b) the physiological and psychological arousal that occurs when a person really wants to achieve a goal c) what makes you do what you do d) the conscious and unconscious thoughts that focus a person’s behaviors and emotions
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their own and that is if they will consume alcohol. The legal drinking age is not until you are 21 years of age. People argue that it should be lowered for it is an individual decision and 18 is old enough to make that decision. The legal drinking age should remain as is because the brain of a young adult is not fully developed till the age of 21. The pros of lowering the drinking age are just as many as there are bad. Lowering the drinking age to 18 is only fair since you already have the right to
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Hannah Alford English 3-4 Bachor January 3‚ 2013 High School Partying The ever growing problem of underage partying including drinking and drug use is a topic that has been pushed aside and deemed as a “teen phase” in todays world. Parties in high school is downplayed as a normal part of being a teenager‚ “everyone does it”(Fidel‚Steve). Teenagers do not realize the harm that partying can do to both their health and their reputation. The alcohol and drugs that get slipped into parties isn’t
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The problem is the people question why the drinking age is 21 and not 18 when can you buy tabaco legally at the age of 18 and you can’t buy alcohol at 18 too. I believe the drinking age should be 21 because teen’s brains are not done growing at the age of 18 and they could be damaged. My first reason is that when the law was moved to 21 the drunk driving dropped. My second reason is that when teens start drinking at such a young age they can have several health problems when they get older so by
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