Cord Anderson Argumentative Essay Lowering Drinking Age In the United States government‚ there are many politicians that have to make difficult decisions that affect its citizens in their everyday lives. One frequently asked question by the people in America today is why does the government believe 21 is the proper age to legally allow drinking of alcoholic beverages. Over 200 countries in the world do not have a legal drinking age. Many say if you are tall enough to stand at a bar
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Lowering The Age Will Lower 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
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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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The drinking age of 21 seems to still cause problems‚ and many experts and opinionated citizens believe lowering the drinking age is a viable solution. Barrett Seaman‚ the current president of Choose Responsibility‚ often discusses and debates the pros and cons of lowering the legal drinking age in the United States. Seaman believes lowering the drinking age may be a solution to the problems often found across the country‚ especially on college campuses. Seaman states in
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place‚ it has become one of the most widely studied laws in history. While there are many arguments and new bills being created to reduce this age‚ especially among college universities‚ all have failed to become law. Over half of adults agree that lowering the drinking age would increase binge drinking among teens‚ and 72% believe that it would make alcohol more accessible to kids as well. Over 50 scientific studies have found that the 21-law saves lives. (Dean-Mooney 1) There is just not
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18-year-olds the right to vote. Today‚ nearly twenty-five years later‚ the question has become "should 16-year-olds be allowed to vote?" It was not difficult at all to sit down and come up with pretty good reasons on why we do not see the problem with lowering the voting age. I mean why not? Teens start working at around the age of 15‚ which means they pay taxes‚ right? At the age of 16‚ a teen is able to drop out of school or become emancipated so shouldn’t they be eligible to vote? A 16 year old is eligible
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The pros of lowering the drinking age The pros : According to the NHTSA‚ the National Traffic Highway Safety Administration‚ in 2010 the drunk driving fatalities accounted for 32% of all traffic deaths. That means on average someone is killed in an alcohol-impaired driving crash about every 50 minutes in the U.S. United States law recognizes the legal drinking age as being 21 years of age. It is awfully contradictory in my eyes and probably those of others. Look at it from this point of
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Sociology Lowering The Drinking Age The legal drinking age in the United States is set at twenty-one years of age. I believe that considering twenty-one as the legal age of maturity is absurd. Who is it to say that just because an individual is twenty-one means that they are mature enough to consume alcohol in a responsible manner? Changing the legal drinking age to eighteen should be imposed. Eighteen year-old individuals can take on many adult responsibilities‚ but they do not have the right
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The Issue is lowering the drinking age and it affects people by some being responsible and some not. Lowering the drinking age ‚ 18 is the age of adulthood in the U.S. and adults should have the right to make their own decisions. Allowing 18 to 20 year olds in regulated areas in supervision could decrease safe drinking. Supervision could prevent unsafe doing. Lowering MLDA could diminish the thrill of breaking the law to get a drink. Revenue would increase and more people would be allowed in bars
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