Troillett Wechsler‚ H.‚ & Nelson‚ T. F.‚ ScD. (2010). “Will increasing alcohol availability by lowering the minimum legal drinking age decrease drinking and related consequences among youths?” American Journal of Public Health‚ 100(6)‚ 986-92. Print. Blackwell‚ Wiley. "Does the Minimum Drinking Age Affect Traffic Fatalities?" Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 2nd ser. 6 (1987): 180-92. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. "Drinking Age ProCon.org." Drinking Age ProCon.org. ProCon.org‚ 11 Nov. 2012
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Final Conclusion References: Lowering the Drinking Age article by Robert Voas In Lowering the Drinking Age‚ an article written by Robert Voas in 2006‚ the author states that “lowering the drinking age could have sobering results”. This statement has a lot of controversy that comes along with it when reviewing and reflecting on the article. Some points that the author makes are that the United States law of the minimum legal drinking age of twenty-one has always been a fairly successful
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forward to the day they turn 21 so they can legally consume alcohol. This drinking age was first introduced under the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984. Under this act‚ “all states were required to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21” (alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org). Although many adults enjoy alcoholic beverages‚ some individuals do not responsibly do so. For this reason‚ the drinking age should be raised to 25 due to the overwhelming amount of evidence proving
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Lowering the Drinking Age Many teenage deaths in the United States are caused in some way by the influence of alcohol; however‚ many people still believe that the legal drinking age should be reduced to eighteen. This issue has been going on for years‚ but the law has not been changed since the change to twenty-one in 1980. States have become stricter about preventing under-age drinking‚ but teenagers have no problem getting alcohol. There are many arguments in favor of changing the drinking age back to
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take risks for them. Daisy didn’t take risks for Gatsby instead she let Gatsby take the blame for something she did . Daisy didn’t care about Gatsby having to face her consequences. Gatsby loved Daisy very much he took risks for her‚ but Daisy wouldn´t do the
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Lowering the Legal Drinking Age Today we live in a country that prides itself on being free‚ although there are a number of people that feel they do not have as much freedom as they deserve‚ such as the freedom to drink at a younger age. The legal drinking age should be lowered to the age of 18‚ where in the eyes of the law you are seen as an adult. Many different opinions are opened as the subject of lowering the legal drinking age is brought up. For most‚ if not all‚ teenagers in high school
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(pg 299-300) I think this because on pg 299 it states‚ “I’m so sorry‚ I don’t… I don’t know what’s wrong with me….” This is showing how Al doesn’t know why he did what he did to Tris. Al is a character that is unpredictable. He was a character that was sad and got low rankings and than wanted to hurt Tris. Tris never did anything to Al. Suddenly he was targeting her like if she was a threat to him or something
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the reason why Captain America shouldn’t be considered a superhero because In the text it states that he doesn’t have really any superhero strength other humans that are real have the same strength as him and they have the same strength as a superhero in the text it then stated that really Captain America is truly not a superhero. Because in the text it states “he doesn’t have really any superhero strength other humans that are real have the same strength as him and they
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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 21
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Cell phones are a big hazard while driving. Drivers shouldn’t be able to text and drive. Here are three good reasons why drivers shouldn’t text and drive. 1) Texting distracts the driver and can kill innocent people. 2) It can also increase death rates on the road. 3) You can go the wrong direction and get lost. The first reason why drivers shouldn’t text is because it kills innocent people. A quote I had read from SpringBoard page 137 says‚ “It can tear a hole in a family member’s heart and
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