ScD. (2010). “Will increasing alcohol availability by lowering the minimum legal drinking age decrease drinking and related consequences among youths?” American Journal of Public Health‚ 100(6)‚ 986-92. Print. Blackwell‚ Wiley. "Does the Minimum Drinking Age Affect Traffic Fatalities?" Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 2nd ser. 6 (1987): 180-92. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. "Drinking Age ProCon.org." Drinking Age ProCon.org. ProCon.org‚ 11 Nov. 2012. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://drinkingage
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As population grows‚ drinking water becomes one of the most valuable resources in the world nowadays. The drinking water even becomes an important public health issue in some developing countries such as China and some African countries. During the entire process of drinking water treatment‚ the step of sterilization is especially important. The reason is that the raw water contains many kinds of microbes‚ which may results in spread of infectious diseases. This paper will show some sterilization
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Gabriel Araujo Mrs. Brooks English II 7 May 2013 Freedom of Expression: Why Drinking Age Should be Lowered At age 18 in the United States you are now considered an adult‚ and expected to make your own decisions‚ hopefully the right ones. If you want you can even sign up for the military or vote for president. These decisions are not easy to make which is why only an adult can decide these types of decisions. Even though you can make all these grown up decisions‚ you can not make the decision
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One major problem in the community of State College is underage drinking. Many Penn State students have been expelled for underage drinking. It’s been a major problem. Patty Kleban mentions how frustrating it gets every new year when students under 21‚ drink and go crazy. She is an instructor at Penn State‚ she mentions the issues with underage students in the community. Underage drinking around state college‚ or anywhere is common. They’re young and reckless. Penn State has a code of conduct‚
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In the United States of America the drinking age is twenty one years old. Many people want to know why the age limit is not eighteen if it is the age of adulthood in the United States. If a person can vote at eighteen and change the president of the country‚ then he/she should be able to pick up a drink at the age of 18 (adulthood) when he/she wants to. If the age for drinking cannot be eighteen then why does it have to be twenty one? Who said twenty one year old people are mature enough? Since
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Drinking underage is a serious problem that the U.S is facing. There is a lot of problems with the drinking age 21‚ but if you lower or upper the drinking age not much difference will happen. The human brain isn’t fully developed until the age 21. Teenagers don’t know enough to make informed‚ smart decisions relating to alcohol. The drinking age shouldn’t be lowered because of three very real risks like: drunk driving‚ alcohol poisoning‚ and violent and/or destructive behavior. We have research
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these predicaments can cause long term effects for our future generation in numerous ways. One of the main issues among teens is underage drinking. The outcome from this issue may be critical not only for our teen but also for our communities. Some consequences caused from underage drinking are alcohol addiction‚ medical problems‚ and accidents. Underage drinking can cause teenagers to develop an alcoholic addiction. Addiction changes a person’s state of mind‚ therefore it can affect the choices and
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Many young people’s lives can be saved if the legal drinking age is twenty-one. The alcohol consumption of under age pupils has been a concern that relates to many more problems among our community. I believe that the current drinking age should be increased to the age of twenty-one because it would help contract alcohol related injuries and deaths among adolescents and young adults. Rising the drinking age could also help to prevent alcohol consumption whilst in a position of a beginners driving
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Most of the policies dealing with alcohol are not to prevent alcohol addiction‚ but are to prevent underage drinking and to create safer roads. These policies are enforced with a combination of local‚ state and federal laws (Source 3). The laws are not directly dealing with roads‚ but the laws do create safer roads in the end. The federal‚ state and local governments have control over the manufacturing of alcohol‚ deciding who can drink it‚ deciding who can sell it and the responses to alcohol related
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Are There Drinking Motives for College Students Diana Carrington Argosy University Advanced General Psychology PSY 492 Dr. Marie Dubé August 03‚ 2011 Are There Drinking Motives for College Students? Studies have shown that there are drinking motives for college students (Mohr‚ Armeli‚ Temple‚ Todd‚ Clark‚ & Carney‚ 2005). Other studies have also shown multiple drinking motives such as social (you can loosen up and feel more confident)‚ enhancement (it gives you a false sense of security
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