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    Currently in the United States‚ you must be at least 21 years of age in order to purchase or consume alcohol. The subjects of drugs and alcohol have been long-standing controversial issues that have sparked debates for many years in the U.S. Because of the obvious dangers and long-term damage alcohol has been proven to do on the body one must wonder why it is legal to drink or produce alcohol in the first place. In some ways‚ alcohol and drugs have the same kind of effects on the body and cause similar

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    globe. Some very important questions are raised like how harmful is drinking under the age of twenty-one? Is underage age drinking related to traffic accidents? How is this action affecting the brains of the minors? Is it hurting them? For this reason‚ the minimal drinking age was established to protect these younger people from all the many dangers. The minimal legal drinking age should be kept twenty-one because the legal drinking age has prevented many traffic or car related accidents in the past

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    The drinking age in Australia should be raised to 21. By raising the drinking age‚ students will more likely stay in school and concentrate on studying‚ enabling them a better future. It will also reduce the number of young alcohol consumers‚ and therefore‚ future adult alcoholics. Unwanted teenage pregnancies are becoming common and this can be attributed to drunkenness. However‚ by raising the drinking age‚ some teenagers might actually be encouraged to drink more‚ just to challenge the law. The

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    1971 the 26th amendment was passed which lowered the minimum age to vote from twenty one to eighteen years old. Shortly after the amendment was passed twenty nine states across America started lowering the drinking age from 21 to either 18‚19‚ or 20 years old. This new freedom for young adults only lasted for a brief time by 1984 the Uniform Drinking Age Act was passed. The Uniform Drinking Age Act forced states to change the drinking age back to twenty one years old; by reducing the federal

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    Why the legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 Eighteen is the age that everyone becomes an adult in the United States. Eighteen is also the age when you should be able to decide if you choose to consume alcohol. Turning eighteen is a big responsibility at the age of eighteen you are allowed to choose to smoke cigarettes‚ vote‚ get married‚ serve on juries‚ sign contracts‚ and join the military which includes risking one’s life. So if you’re allowed to choose all of these then I feel like

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    intelligent minds of Congress found their solution with the USSR’s launch of Sputnik. They realized that with the Cold War at hand‚ it would be more likely for a bill on education to pass if it were labeled as a defense bill. Thus the National Defense Education Act was put into action in 1958. In order to pass the bill‚ they made the argument not over if there should be government assisted financial aid‚ but how it should be presented. The Cold War had instilled a fear of Communism in the hearts

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    Should the drinking age be raised to 21? Teenagers between the age of fifteen to eighteen are drinking an average of nine to eleven cans of beer per week. They will ruin their lives if they don’t cut down on the alcohol. Should this be enough to raise the drinking age up to twenty-one? Teenagers do not understand how dangerous alcohol can be. BBC News proved that the UK has one of the worst problems in Europe‚ with a fifth of children aged eleven to fifteen drinking at least once per week.

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    Proposal Paper: Lowering the Drinking Age Although the initiative opens up a popular discussion‚ Congress‚ however‚ does not share this desire to open this topic up for conversation. In 1984‚ Thorson 2 Organizations such as M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) are already frowning upon the institutions that‚ assuming the current laws will not be enforced‚ have shown their support for the Amethyst Initiative. It was stated in September 5th‚ 2008‚ in the University of Connecticut’s Daily

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    History The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)‚ also known as the Wagner Act‚ was enacted in Congress in 1935 and became one of the most important legacies of the New Deal. Prior to the passage of the NLRA‚ employers had been free to spy on‚ interrogate‚ discipline‚ discharge‚ and blacklist union members. Reversing years of federal opposition‚ the statute guaranteed the right of employees to organize labor unions‚ to engage in collective bargaining‚ and to take part in strikes. The act also created

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    The Drinking Age Should Remain 18 Years Old in Australia The Drinking Age Should Remain 18 Years Old in Australia These days there are a number of social issues in the community‚ such as drug abuse‚ teenage pregnancy and alcohol abuse. Alcohol abuse is rampant in today’s society‚ Australian Drug Foundation states that‚ “Alcohol is the most widely used psychoactive‚ or mood-changing‚ recreational drug in Australia.”(Healey‚ 2002‚ p. 11). Underage drinking and binge drinking are some of the problems

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