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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The Dangers of the Drinking Age In this article‚ Jeffrey A. Miron and Elina Tetelbaum argue against the belief that a drinking age of 21 years old saves lives and prevents students from drinking. Their argument is that raising the drinking age to 21 has had many unintended consequences. These consequences include: a rise in binge drinking and disrespect for the law. They use statistics to support their major points and counteract opposing views. “For the past 20 years‚ the United States has kept a Minimum Legal Drinking Age
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In the fall of 2008‚ over one hundred presidents from colleges such as Dartmouth‚ Virginia Tech‚ and Duke all signed a declaration that concluded that the legal drinking age should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen (cbsnews.com). This sparked a huge and heated debate that is still going on seven years later. Being a largely debated topic‚ there are multiple angles presents for both those for and against lowering the legal drinking age. While it is at times a very emotionally charged argument
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Suppose the government raises the legal drinking age in the UK from 18 to 21. Conduct an economic analysis of this policy to examine its impact on affected markets. With reference to the above statement‚ if the UK government were to increase the legal drinking age from 18 to 21 there are two markets that would mainly be affected- the producers‚ which is the alcohol industry as a whole and the consumers who are the UK citizens between the age of 18 and 21. A market is a group of buyers and sellers
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How many of you are under 21 years old? As you look around the classroom‚ I believe almost all of you here are under this age or maybe just slightly above 21? Now think by yourselves‚ even though you are under age of 21‚ does that mean that no one in this class has ever tried alcohol before? We are students in university and had at least gone to a party with alcohol. In the United States‚ underage drinkers consume 3.6 billion drinks each year. Underage drinkers make lots of money for the alcohol
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Lowering the Drinking Age Half the United States population starts drinking at the age of 14.When you are 18 you have privileges like joining the army. (Mitch Adams Lowering the drinking age page 1) You can go to war and die for your country but you still can not enjoy an ice cold beer. (Mitch Adams Lowering the drinking age page 1) How is being 21 different from being 18? How does three more years of not drinking make you mature enough to drink? The longer you drink the more you start to
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this story I learned‚ Children should not transition under 18‚ children are too young to make their own decisions‚ gender roles can pressure a child to transition‚ and transitioning done wrong can have serious effects. (Fix Intro needs work get help on it) Children are not able to make their own decisions‚ because they are not fully developed‚ this causes parents to make the decisions for the child‚ whom do not know how the child truly feels. Everyday laws that put age limits to ensure a child’s safety
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laws are coming into place to put an age limit on trick or treaters. Setting an age restriction for trick or treaters is causing an influx of teens doing unfavorable actions‚ also allowing the local government to have a great deal of power over the religious beliefs of others. With these laws in place to ban trick or treating for ages 17 and higher more teens are out later and drinking more. Under age drinking is a risk factor that has appeared because of the age ban. The local government is becoming
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Why The Drinking Age Limit Should Be Twenty One? Vivian Jones‚ the author of “Underage Drinking”; questions the drinking age limit‚ but also wants to decrease the drinking age limit from twenty one to eighteen. First‚Jones defines underage drinking as a danger to young adults and teenagers that are developing. Second‚ Jones states raising the age limit for drinking is a controversial topic in society. Third‚ Jones acknowledges that drinking underage is banned and as a result this makes more alluring
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1102 Position Paper Draft #1 September 27th‚ 2012 Lowering Drinking Age in the US Who are we to define what we’re old enough to do and not to do? Yes‚ everywhere is different and every country has their rules and regulations‚ and as an international student I’d like to narrow the comparison of my island and the U.S.A. and why I strongly believe that the drinking age should be lowered. In the United States of America‚ at the age of 16 one is entitled to get their driver’s license‚ meaning the
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