up the question‚ should the legal drinking age of alcohal be lowered to 18 years old? Many people around the nation state that teens of 18 years old are developed enough to not get affected by alcohol‚ that it would decrease binge drinking‚ and that teens would have to be private about drinking and could do it in more supervised‚ safe environments. But‚ after research‚ it is clear to see these claims are not true or reasonable. The legal drinking age should definitely not be lowered because of the
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from 18‚ threatening to cut highway funding to states which did not comply‚ mostly to cut down on drunk driving deaths caused each year by drinking and driving. But advocates argue teenagers are going to drink anyway even if changed. Should the drinking age be lowered? In my opinion‚ the drinking age doesn’t need to be reduced to 18‚ the drinking laws need to be changed completely.
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question looming for years on whether or not the drinking age should be dropped down from 21 to 18. Many people have views or opinions on what the legal drinking age should or should not be. Right now the legal drinking age is 21‚ and many people‚ especially a younger crowd‚ are working extremely hard to change that to 18. All over the world‚ different countries have a different standard which leads to a different drinking age. There is a reason why the United States has put the legal drinking age at 21
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Heather Evans Mr. PhillipsEnglish 10211/25/2010 | | Why the Drinking Age Should Not be Lowered. | | According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ “Increasing the age at which people can legally purchase and drink alcohol has been the most successful intervention to date in reducing drinking and alcohol-related crashes among people under the age of 21.”(Nakaya) Among teens and young adults‚ alcohol is the drug of choice. Many are not aware that they are harming their
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capability‚ but when it comes to young adults and teenagers the thought of drinking brings up many questions and concerns for example If he or she is able to join the army at eighteen why not be to drink? This is a very controversial topic discussed among many people because both sides have a strong belief why their side should be
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allowed to drink at a lower age‚ they would less likely abuse the consumption of alcoholic beverages as it will be nothing new to them. In addition‚ lowering the drinking age would protect teens from malicious people selling alcohol to them. In “Why Colleges Should Support a Lower Drinking Age‚” it is argued that alcohol obtained illegally could be “laced with other dangerous substances” if obtained from strangers. Thus‚ it would be safer to allow teens to purchase alcohol than to expose them to danger
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Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered? In America‚ 38 states have the minimum drinking age at 21. However‚ the other 12 have exceptions to that law. Although underage drinking has been a problem in society. Lowering the drinking age would create responsibility in young adults (Top pro and con arguments). It would also allow young adults make better decisions and take responsibility for their actions. People say the lowering the drinking age would be irresponsible because of the dangers posed by drinking
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Nat Marshall draft notes for English course work 12th Jan Should the age at which people gain the right to vote be lowered to 16? The right to vote is a very important human right. It gives us an opportunity to participate in the way democratic countries are governed. It gives us the opportunity to change governments we feel are failing to represent us and ensure that government pays attention the citizens. It could be argued that the right to vote is the most effective way other rights such
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Gas Prices and our Company’s Future Joey Willoughby BUS308 Business Statistics Instructor: Glenn Daniels 2/20/2012 Gas Prices and our Company’s Future Gas prices have been steadily rising for more than six years‚ and have never been higher this time of the year according to Chris Kahn‚ of the Associated Press. (yahoonews.com) and this is a significant concern for our delivery company. The more gas that is used‚ the
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The Rise and fall of Oil and Gas Prices 12/13/09 The U.S Benchmark sets the oil prices depending on the supply and demand. Gas and oil prices are rising and falling so much because of the number of investors‚ and the demand among the American people. The U.S. Benchmark sets the oil prices according to the supply and demand for oil‚ in a little town call Cushing‚ Oklahoma. The demand for oil this year had plunged twenty [Express numbers higher than nine in digits (when not
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