Legal Drinking Age Should not be Lowered to 18 It was 11 o’ clock at night‚ and I was driving back from a friend’s house on a Saturday night. As I was crossing an intersection‚ bright blue and red lights were flashing on the right side. As I turned to look to satisfy my curiosity‚ I noticed a car was upside down and another car had crashed into the side of the road. It was devastating to see and of course I wanted to know what had happened. I went home and turned on the local news to see if there
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points about how the law keeping the legal drinking age at 21 is ineffective because the problem lies within the person‚ not the alcohol itself‚ he fails to recognize the fact that even if this is the case‚ the raised drinking age has proven to be very effective overall. Additionally‚ even if he claims that the law is not effective in reducing drinking and driving‚ he doesn’t mention the dangers alcohol presents to young‚ developing minds. The drinking age should not be lowered to 18 and should remain
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Lowering the Drinking Age to 18 It’s your 18th birthday and your finally a legal adult. Immediately you can smoke cigarettes‚ vote‚ be a jury member‚ even join the military and fight for your country. But don’t think about a having a beer at your going away party the night before you depart for the Middle East. No‚ you will have to wait until your 21. As an American citizens we are given many responsibilities at the age of 18. One of them not being the ability to consume alcohol. So I believe
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The legal drinking age should remain twenty-one. It should not be lowered because teenagers are not mature enough to drink responsibly. If you are allowed to have a credit card‚ provide for a family‚ and vote‚ you should be able to drink at the age it already is. We all know the consequences to what we do to our bodies‚ that is why we have choices. Drinking can be addicting just like coffee‚ cigarettes‚ medications‚ and body building. Teenagers are not mature enough for the drinking age to be lowered
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direct descendants of the Afghan people that migrated to Australia between the 1800’s and 1900’s. The Afghan people have contributed to Australia’s communities more than any of us can imagine. Despite suffering seclusion and unacceptable treatment by the Europeans‚ the type of work done by the Afghans has helped us build Australia to what it is today. So why did the Afghans come to Australia? The first Afghan settlers were BROUGHT to SOUTH AUSTRALIA in 1938 when Joseph Bruce‚ a European settler‚ bought
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Should our 48 states keep the tobacco age limit at 18 years old or raise it to the age of 21? I believe that the age limit should be raised to the age of twenty one for obvious reasons‚ Cigarettes have been shown to be more addictive and harmful than alcohol which has an age limit of 21 so why wouldn’t we have an age limit on a leading cause of cancer and death? I also believe that we should make every attempt at preventing teenagers from smoking; Smoking is a life changing decision and it shouldn’t
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but emanates the economy from the money spent‚ in the form of taxes and borrowings from the private sector‚ and redistribution‚ grants and welfare. Most countries have mixed economies‚ occupied with varying degrees of government intervention. Australia is considered a mixed economy as both government and the private sector have influence over the economy. The government has partial control over the economy; ensuring even distribution of income; providing goods and services e.g. Australian Post;
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Using Cell Phones While Driving Shouldn’t Be Banned When someone decides to use a cell phone while driving‚ it creates risks to others‚ but these risks are small. After weighing the risks against the benefits of cell phone use‚ it can be found that the benefits far exceed the risks. In this paper I will argue that cell phones should not be banned and indicate several benefits to using cell phones in vehicles. There are benefits that make cell phones useful in cars to drivers. Cell phones may
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The Pros and Cons of Lowering the Drinking Age to Eighteen In the United States‚ the whole of 50 states have set the age limit to drink as 21 years‚ which is higher than other countries. However‚ people have opinion that lowering the drinking age to 18 years of age as people have the right recently. According to “Los Angeles Times”‚ we could know that more than 130 college chancellors and presidents have signed a petition introduced in 2008 in support of the idea. Although this was a highly welcomed
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president of a beer company in a state that sets the legal drinking age at 21. Your boss asks you to organize a lobbying effort to have the drinking age reduced to 18. What would you do? A. I would do research and report my findings to my boss. Although it might seem like a good idea to do so -higher sales‚ and therefore higher revenue and profit- lowering the drinking age would be a losing battle. States can lower the drinking age back down to 18 or 19 but the amount of federal highway funds
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