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  • Drinking Age
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    Issues on lowering the drinking age When one turns eighteen in the U. S, they can drive cars, fly planes, marry, vote, pay taxes, take out loans and risk their life as a member of the U.S. Armed forces, but it is illegal for them to drink. Why do young adults have the liberty to do everything else besides drink at the age of eighteen Turning eighteen comes with adult responsibilities as well as privileges. The drinking age should be lowered to eighteen. It is necessary to educate teens about dri...
  • Lower The Drinking Age
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    Laurent 1 English 102 December 1, 1997 Lowering the Drinking Age to 18 Since the increase of the drinking age to 21 has taken effect in New York state, the argument for lowering that limit has been heated. The current age for the consumption of alcohol in the United States is 21 ("Consequences"). Just as it is stated in the following quote, age limits for minors are inconsistent". Why is it that 18 year old U.S. citizens can legally obtain a driver's license, register to vote, be forced into jur...
  • Drinking Age At Twenty One
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    The consumption of alcoholic beverages is a privilege not a right. The legal drinking age in the United States is twenty-one, and I believe that this is a fair age. There are so many statistics that show drinking to be bad to begin with, but there are many more statistics that show why the drinking age of twenty-one should not be lowered. Teenagers do not show enough responsibility when drinking, and it would do everyone a lot more harm if they could do it legally. There is no argument that drin...
  • Drinking Age
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    Drinking Age Did you know that in the year 1980 the legal drinking age was only 18? In 1987 there was a law passed that said in order to drink legally and to buy alcohol a person had to be 21. At the age of 18 people are allowed to buy tobacco, vote, get married without parental consent, and even join the armed forces, so why can't some one who is 18 by alcohol. This is a question I have; I believe that the legal drinking age should be 18. Dr. Ruth Engs, a professor of Applied Heath Sciences at ...
  • Drinking Age From 21 Years
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    Underage Drinking: A Big Problem Underage drinking is wide spread through out the United States. According to Klaidman, of 10 million people under the age 21 who admitted they " dead a cocktail in the last month, 4.4 million said that they are 'binge drinkers,' or people who have had more than four drinks in a row. Also, alcohol use among 12 to 17 year olds has risen. 9% over the past three years (137). Lack of entertainment on college campuses and easy availability of alcohol can lead to undera...
  • Our Drinking Age To Eighteen
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    feelings about the current drinking age and the benefits of changing it to eighteen. Central Idea: Underage drinking is inevitable. If an eighteen year old is old enough and mature enough to vote and serve the country in war, he or she should be able to drink. With the proper upbringing and schooling on the subject, the drinking age should be changed to eighteen. Introduction: OK, lets be honest, of the people on campus under twenty-one, most have enjoyed a beer on occasion. The United States Go...
  • Country With A Drinking Age Of 18
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    For thousands of years alcohol has been regarded by society as a temporary escape from reality and the tensions of everyday life. People use alcohol to reduce stress, to relax, and to enjoy a good evening. This should be the real purpose of alcohol drinking. This is the way in which alcohol should be looked upon. There should be no reason for alcohol drinking to be looked upon as negative action. Drinking alcohol however, is in fact regarded as a negative action by society and the government. Th...
  • Raise In The Drinking Age
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    Underage drinking has always been a major problem in society. The immaturity of teenagers contributes to their inability in understanding the dangerous effects that drinking has on their families and themselves. All they think about is how much fun they will have on Friday nights, bingeing beer. They don t think about what could happen while they re too drunk to know what they are doing, or the police coming to break up the party, handing out MIP's, or what could happen as they drive home from t...
  • Drinking Age
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    I feel that a serious problem that is facing the United States today is under aged drinking. Under aged drinking is going to be a problem forever. There is no way that this country can stop under aged drinking. When kids grow up they see everyone drinking whether it is at a family function, a school party wedding, etc. Young adult's even kids are put in situations whether they like it or not, just because of the adult supervision. As a son of a New Jersey State Trooper I have been raised under a...
  • Age Of 21 Reduced Alcohol
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    STUDY FINDS YOUTH DRINKERS MORE LIKELY TO DRINK AND DRIVE, GET IN ALCOHOL-RELATED CRASHES AS ADULTS Boston, MA - The younger people are when they start drinking alcohol, the more likely they are to drive after excessive drinking and get into alcohol-related car crashes over the course of their adult lives, according to a new study conducted at Boston University's School of Public Health. The BU study, published this week in the Journal of Accident Analysis and Prevention, shows that adults who b...
  • Drinking Age
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    Reducing the Minimum Drinking Age to 18 The laws concerning the minimum drinking age in this country sometimes seem ridiculous and unnecessary. In this paper, I will discuss why certain laws are unfair and I will provide alternatives to certain problems concerning underage drinking and binge drinking. Let's face it, no matter what laws the government enforces to cut down on underage drinking, it is commonplace and happens everywhere from grade school through high school and predominantly in coll...
  • Uniformity Within A Drinking Age Law
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    In 1987, the power of the 21st Amendment of the Constitution was in question by South Dakota and the State Secretary of Transportation (1983-87), 1 Elizabeth Dole. The 21st Amendment declares that states have complete control over production, sale, and transportation of alcohol and that liquor importation and sale are no longer prohibited among states of the US (since the prohibition law of the 18th Amendment). However, a federal law states that in order for a portion of federal highway funds to...
  • Drinking Age
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    Lower the Drinking Age I think Iowa's drinking age should be lowered to 18. People are legally considered an adult when they turn 18, so they should get the privileges, and have to take the responsibilities of being an adult. The problems our society has with drinking are caused because we look down on people who drink. Our government needs to quit spending money enforcing laws that don t work, and make money selling beer to teens... If 18 year olds have the right to vote, they should also be al...
  • Drink And Your Eighteen
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    I propose that every eighteen-year-old should be allowed to legally drink alcohol. There are many reasons that made me think of this idea. First I thought hey, when I turn eighteen there are so many responsibilities and options that I'm going to have to make. The first one was the right to vote. I'm thinking that if our government believes that we are old enough to make the important choice of picking a president and other government officials, then they are realizing that we are mature enough. ...
  • Drinking Age Back To Eighteen
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    Catch 21 Sarah, an eighteen-year-old college freshman, walks into a convenience store and moves timidly to the back, hoping that no one she knows will see her. Opening the refrigerator door, she pulls out a chilled case of Coors Light. Sarah nervously approaches the cashier, with her fake ID ready to be shown, and places the case of beer on the counter. Upon first sight, the cashier assumes that Sarah is not of legal age to buy beer, because she is petite and looks young. When she places the cas...
  • Twenty One To Eighteen Years Of Age
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    In 1984 the federal government passed the Federal Uniform Drinking Age Act, there has been a lot of controversy as to whether the government has a right to create such legislation. (Berg 1) This law was passed to encourage each state to change their legal drinking age to twenty-one years of age. Congress believed that if they raised the minimum drinking age that it would save a significant number of lives. They figured that a twenty- one-year-old person was more mature than the average eighteen ...
  • Drinking Age
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    Should the legal age be lowered to 18? Back in the 1960's and early 70's a number of states lowered their drinking age from 21 to 18. Research documented a significant increase in highway deaths of the teens affected by these laws. In the early 80's the law began to increase the age back to 21. Highway fatalities in teenage deaths in fatal car crashes dropped considerable -in some cases up to 28%- when the laws moved back up to 21. I t is clear that more young people were killed on the highways ...
  • Alcohol Twenty One Years Of Age
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    The legal drinking age in the United States is currently twenty-one, since 1984 when congress passed the national minimum purchase age act. That law was passed to encourage each state to change their legal drinking age to twenty-one years of age. This was caused by the national mood toward drunk driving and the high number of deaths in drunken accidents. The government threatened each state to cut off highway grants and funds if they did not comply with the act. Congress thought that a twenty-on...
  • Our Young People On Safe Drinking
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    O.K. So you " re finally eighteen. You " re a legal adult! Suddenly you can smoke, vote, join the army, fornicate, or even die for your country. {Increasing legal drinking age} But wait! STOP! Put down that beer! You are still not old enough to buy or consume alcoholic beverages. No, you will have to wait three more years for that, until your twenty-one. Well I for one believe that the legal drinking age should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen. If we are considered an adult and expected to...
  • Keeping The Drinking Age At 21
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    Alcohol, a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, it can be burned as fuel, is used in industry and medicine, and is the intoxicating element of whiskey, wine, beer, and other fermented or distilled liquors has been a part of American culture and society since the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock (Websters New World College Dictionary). Humankind has had a relationship with beverage alcohol for over 6,000 years (Hanson, In My Opinion It's Better to Teach Safe Use of Alcohol). Alcoholic drinks are ...

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