are passing away due to car accidents is steadily increasing‚ which is a very bad thing. Driving is a big hazard as it is. Therefore‚ their should be a cut off age that states when people no longer have the eligibility to drive. Many people would agree that there should be a law for the cut off age of driving. Adults should be restricted from driving after the age of 60‚ and shouldn’t be able to get there license renewed for the safety of others. To begin with‚ many may argue that the elderly will
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the United States already know‚ the national minimum age for purchasing alcohol is twenty-one. However‚ prior to the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984‚ some states lowered the drinking age below 21 (mainly as a result of the lowered voting age). The Drinking Age Act was put into place as a result of a correlation between young drinking and motor vehicle fatalities. Under the provisions of the Act‚ any states with a minimum drinking age below 21 are subject to a 10% cut in highway funding
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determining that the current legal drinking age which is 21 should be lowered to eighteen or not. Alcohol consumption has become the number one choice drug to be used by America’s adolescents. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) wrote in their fact sheet titled “Underage Drinking”: “Particularly worrisome among adolescents is the high prevalence of binge drinking... Underage drinkers consume‚ on average‚ 4 to 5 drinks per occasion about 5 times a month. By comparison‚ drinkers age 26 and older consume
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Lowering the Legal Drinking Age The debate about whether the legal drinking age should be raised or lowered is a common debate in the public domain. The decision on what age one begins drinking is determined by various factors which involve the gene combination of the person and the immediate environment around the person (Vingilis and Smart 415). For instance‚ the changes that adolescents go through in their biology and physiology can influence the age at which they start drinking alcohol. The
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agriculture‚ and the right to drink this beverage has been in question for just as long. For many‚ the right to drink beer or vodka is a right of passage into adulthood‚ and for others it is a sign of strong friendship in ceremonies. The history of drinking in the U.S.A. is lengthy and complimated‚ but it starts with the American Revolution. Freedom is a good beer after a long day‚ and many men‚ women‚ and children drank beer in the 1700s because it was safer than the potentially infected water than
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In conclusion‚i dont regard why people wish Abortion to remain legal.It has caused life threatening issues‚health issues‚and even death.RU486 has a caused a lot of bad to a woman’s well being‚this pill should be 100% safe‚yet it has been proven that this method of abortion is 10 times worse than doing so by surgery. in the other hand‚ labeling likewise affects the ability for a woman (that’s from another country) to understand it‚ generating it extra dangerous as a result of the mentioned pill ‚it
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Lower the Drinking Age? Kyle Altic November 4th‚ 2013 Abstract There was a big debate on whether or not the minimum drinking age should be lowered. The media gave this debate a lot of attention. It’s not about the age it’s about the decisions they make with alcohol at a very young adult age. I do like the argument if you are old enough to serve our country and die for your country then you should be able to drink at that age. After all the research I have done and retrieved
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EXPLANATION OF KEY TERM “Drinking age prohibition” was counterproductive in the 1850’s and 1920’s. Nothing has changed (Scrivo‚ 1998‚ n.p.). ARTICLE SUMMARY In the article “Why the Drinking Age Should be Lowered: An Opinion Based Upon Research‚” Karen Scrivo from Indiana University in Bloomington supports her rational claim that the state of Indiana should lower the legal drinking age to 18 or 19. Prohibition is counterproductive because it lowers the percentages of young‚ responsible drinkers
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Consider The universal question; should the age for drinking be lowered? In my personal opinion‚ I believe that the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen from twenty one for various reasons. The legal drinking age is currently twenty-one‚ but the illegal drinking age is everything under. Why is the main question asked. Some people believe that twenty one is too high to be the minimum age to be able to legally drink and others feel that it is the perfect age. This topic is very huge and has been
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Appellation Do you believe the drinking age should be lowered to allow eighteen year olds to consume alcohol‚ or should the legal age to drink alcoholic beverages stay at the age of twenty-one? Prior to 1984 you were‚ once you turned eighteen‚ in most states permitted to purchase alcohol. It was completely up to the state government. At age 18 they are legally an adult‚ and can therefore abide by their own rules and if they make a bad decision they have to pay the price. Why is it that as an adult you
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