the category of “people”. The legal drinking age is currently twenty-one‚ but illegally drinking age is as low as zero. Why? Is the main question asked. I can assure you the under age drinking age percentage would drop if the age is lowered. Few reasons for teens drinking are: peer pressure‚ enjoyment‚ etc. But the main reason for doing so is “breaking the law.” 87% of high school seniors have used alcohol. That means that a large quantity of teens under the age of seventeen to eighteen have used
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Is the age of responsibility 25 years old?. What I will be talking be explaining is why the age of responsibility should be 25 years old. According to Alan Greenblatt‚” In 2009 most of the states issues were by people younger than 21 years old”. This is why I believe that the legal age should be 25 because at the age of 18 years old the brain is only half developed and at 25 years of age it is fully developed. And if this keeps up we will have more and more teens dying‚ and the percentage will just
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Who can vote and who can’t? This question has been debated nationwide during these past years. A fundamental element in the success of a democratic society is the willingness of the people to be self-governing. In today’s modern society‚ to say that we have a government that is for‚ by‚ and of the people does not mean that each citizen is dictatorial. It does not imply that each citizen takes the law into his or her own hands‚ but rather that everyone has the responsibility to actively participate
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state should be able to choose whether or not the drinking age should be 18 or 21. As you turn 18 you are considered a legal adult who gets to choose what they want to do except for deciding whether to drink or not. Lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 would decrease the number of minors people would get because 18 is an age closer to the age we are than 21 is causing children to wait to drink. I believe that whatever age you are you’re going to make bad choices whether or not if you’re 18‚ 21
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Legal drinking age should be raised In this short composition I’m going to write about the reasons to disagree or agree with the idea‚ that legal drinking age should be raised. In this paragraph i will present you the reasons to disagree. When someone tells us‚ that the government should raise the legal drinking age it sounds good. But after five minutes‚ when you think about it for a while you start thinking otherwise. The reason for that is; you know that not only 18 year olds drink‚ but
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Should the driving age be raised to 21? Introduction: The driving age at the moment is 17 but sometimes it takes longer for people to do there test‚ in other countries its lower (some parts in America is 16) or higher (some parts of America). It could be good to rise the driving age because young drivers are the main case of road deaths or injuries. Also young drivers drink and drive. If the driving age is 21 fewer deaths would happen and roads would be safer. Main Part: It could
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about turning 18 because it means adulthood‚ running off to college‚ 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
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The rising age Many young adults get into car accidents every day; this is why the legal driving age should be raised to 20. It is said that at least 1.2 million people die every day because of car accidents; a great percentage of that number is from young adults at ages 16-19. When it comes to driving young adults are careless‚ always distracted and over confident‚ this causes fatal accidents. In my opinion the legal driving age should be raised to 20‚ because of reckless driving and the immaturity
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The Age for Tattoos Should be Lowered Tattoos have been around for 5‚200 years and have varied through many age groups. Some people have different opinions on how tattoos look on different people. We are born with a blank canvas why not add some art to it. The possibilities are endless to what you could have as a tattoo. I have wanted a tattoo for awhile now but I am only 15 and will have to wait three more years to become legal. I believe that the age limit for tattoos should be lowered. Fourteen
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Since 1933 until 1984‚ the national minimum legal drinking age in the United States had been continuously changing. Especially in 1984‚ the minimum legal drinking age has been increased to 21 years old because it was reported that over two-thirds of car accidents were in consequence of drinking alcohol in the mid of 1970s (Tietjen‚ 2014). Most states in the United States set their drinking age to 21 but some set it lower. The minimum legal drinking age has been the subject of controversy around the
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