Legal Drinking Age‚ Why It Should Be Lowered According to Fabian Grund‚ in Why the Legal Drinking Age Should Be Lowered‚ lowering the drinking age comes with many pros‚ including less binge drinking‚ less illegal substance use‚ and if consumed properly‚ it could even be good for your health (Grund 5-8). In the article‚ Fabian Grund says it best: “You can take responsibility to buy a gun‚ get killed in combat or vote for your president‚ but you can’t even buy a damn beer.” (2) In other countries
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and gaining freedom. When turning this age‚ you are allowed to join the military‚ get married and receive all the rights and responsibilities of an adult. However‚ having a wedding at this age means that during the celebration‚ one is not allowed to share a glass of Champaign during the toasts because the drinking age is 21. The United States is one of the few countries in the world to have such a high legal drinking age. Therefore the drinking age should be lowered to 18 because you are able to
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cognitive (takings one’s mind away from the driving task). Factors causing these distractions are cell phones‚ passengers‚ and adolescent’s poor cognitive skills. Due to the adolescents being pre-mature and accident prone‚ the legal age to obtain a license should be 21 in order to improve young driving skills and create a safer environment on the road. In present day society‚ teenagers are known for making bad decisions and not taking serious matters‚ seriously! Whether it’s that they’re simply immature
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Minimum Legal Drinking Age Should be Lowered “Adults under 21 are deemed capable of voting‚ signing contracts‚ serving on juries and enlisting in the military‚ but are told they are not mature enough to have a beer.” ("Amethyst Initiative: Rethink the Drinking Age"). The causes behind the minimum legal drinking age standardization nationally has not been alleviated in the past couple decades and should be repealed. The minimum legal drinking age should be lowered to the age of eighteen which
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Why The Drinking Age Should Remain The Same Final Draft In 2009 it was reported that the 21- to 24-year-old age group had the highest percentage‚ 35 percent to be exact‚ of drivers in fatal crashes with blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) levels of .08 or higher (Steven C. Markoff). Coincidentally studies showed when the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) was lowered to 18‚ the fatalities in traffic accidents that were related to alcohol were decreased by nearly 7.5 percent. However‚ the argument
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Jeremy M. Stevens Dr‚ Patricia Ross English 102 17 July 2014 Should We Change Our Drinking Age? Should the United States lower its drinking age to eighteen? Should it remain twenty one? Should it be raised to a higher age? America needs to lower the drinking age to eighteen. With proper education and awareness there would be no problem for our young adults. There would be less problems due to the fact they can legally buy alcohol and drink it. An eighteen year old can serve and die for his
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In the United States at age 18‚ a person is legally allowed to buy tobacco‚ vote‚ get married‚ enlist in the military‚ and work in a bar‚ among other privileges. However‚ in most states‚ he cannot legally drink champagne at his own wedding or have a beer with his fellow comrades. 18 is the age of adulthood in the United States‚ and adults should have the right to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption. Turning 18 entails receiving the rights and responsibilities of adulthood‚ which involves
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Prescriptive: Lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 increases the risk of underage and binge drinking which results in deadly car accidents. Ages 18 and under are physically immature to handle alcohol. Enforcing the age 21 law reduces the risk of traffic crashes and it saves lives. By lowering the drinking age to 18 will trigger the urge of wanting to drink for younger teenagers. Therefore‚ the drinking age is ought to stay at 21. The 21 legal drinking age law forces young people to drink
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are dismally getting injured and killed every day‚ the thrust many Americans are making to lower the minimum legal drinking age is continuing on. The age citizens are allowed to fight for their country and vote for their leaders is a young 18 years old‚ so many believe‚ why can’t they drink a beer? Throughout the past few decades‚ the legal drinking age has been lowered to 18 years of age‚ and then raised again‚ in many states across the country. Adolescents and young adults throughout the United States
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Lowering the Drinking Age: A Problem or a Solution? Why is it that 18 year old citizens‚ like myself‚ can legally obtain a driver’s license‚ register to vote‚ be forced into jury duty or a draft‚ can be tried as an adult and even be put to death‚ but cannot buy and consume alcoholic beverages legally? It is hard for me to comprehend as a young American that we can be permitted or subjected to perform actions that affect the lives of other people‚ but we are not allowed to have the freedom of choice
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