Legal Drinking Age The legal drinking age has been a huge controversial issue for an extremely long time (Meldon). Some people say the legal drinking age should be left alone at age 21. Others believe it should be lowered to age 18; the age when someone is considered an adult and given many responsibilities (ProCon.org). I believe the legal drinking age should be kept at age 21. Alcohol is the number one drug problem in the United States. Americans spend a slightly under 100 billion dollars
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Alcohol Anonymous Paper Alcoholism Alcoholism is a very dangerous disorder that many people are suffering from. A lot of Americans don’t realize that alcoholism is a big deal‚ and they may not even know someone very close to them is an alcoholic. For the paper I chose to sit in on an alcohol anonymous meeting and this is what I observed. I attended an open alcohol anonymous meeting. I walked in nervous and I wasn’t even there to share if I were an alcoholic. I introduced myself to the leader
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The Legal Drinking Age Kyra C. Lyons Bryant & Stratton College Phil 250 Mike Sulak July 3‚ 2012 Increasing or decreasing the legal age at which people can purchase and drink alcohol has been a controversial issue for quite some time now. Some people say that it should be lowered because teens drink anyway‚ some say that it should increase or the stay the same due to health risk. There are many other viewpoints to both sides and in this paper we are going to explore both sides to the story
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Alcohol. The third leading preventable cause of death in the United States. This deathly drug is estimated to kill nearly 88‚000 men and women each year (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism). As adolescents and young adults 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
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What is alcohol? To most people “alcohol refers to the intoxicating ingredient in most beer‚ wine‚ liquor”. When people think of dangerous drugs‚ they probably think of heroin‚ crack cocaine‚ crystal meth or prescription painkillers. Because it is legal‚ alcohol is not‚ in most cases thought of as a substance with the ability to kill you or lead to chronic‚ irreversible health problems. It can wreak havoc with your health; destroy your family‚ your career‚ your hopes and dreams. Worst of all‚ it
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increase in underage drinking‚ especially within college students. Thus‚ many teenagers and people in their twenties are more easily influenced by alcohol‚ because of their peers and friends. Despite‚ the fact that alcohol can only be purchased and consumed by people of 21 years or older it can still be accessed by other matters. The consumption of alcohol often leads to serious consequences and it can become detrimental to one’s life. Consequently‚ sometimes underage drinking can be caused by freedom
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The Deaths “’Drinking is Fun’ and ‘There’s Nothing You Can Do About It’: The Problem With the 21-Year-Old Minimum Drinking Age” an essay by Dr. Reginald Fennell‚ found in the Journal of American College Health‚ focuses on the effects of the minimum drinking age on college students. Fennell explains the benefits of lowering the drinking and gives alternatives to the current law. This article is of interest to readers since society seems to have a strong opinion of whether the drinking age should remain
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Binge drinking is quite evident and normal behaviour of western society among teenagers today. Unfortunately‚ binge drinking causes an increase of various risks among teenagers‚ which could inflict upon the health of the binge drinker under certain circumstances. Teenagers need to be informed of the dangers involved and the act should be taken seriously with the possible consequences known. Binge drinking is defined as males consuming 5 or more standard drinks and females consuming 4 or more
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Smoking Needs To Stop Smoking causes death and burns the world down around us slowly‚ its time to stop the flames. I bet most of you cant remember the last time you ever saw a commercial on television trying to promote the use of cigarettes. Chances are you don’t remember or you have never even seen one before. Big Tobacco is to blame for much of today’s youth smoking. Cigarettes should never make it on the racks behind the counter at any store much less to any childs lips. The idea created by
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Article – Binge Drinking in Teens - Too much‚ too young Statement of intent Weekends are usually treasured by most teens‚ as they are looking forward to their big plans. Some may be chilling with friends‚ catching a movie‚ going to a concert‚ or planning to party. Regardless of what they have planned‚ one thing is for certain; alcohol will be a part of many teens’ weekend plans and there’s research to prove it. Yes‚ one of the most widely available drugs on the market‚ alcohol‚ is making headline
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