the Drinking Age to 18 in the United States While it may seem to some‚ drinking at age eighteen is frowned upon. It is actually true that many people between the ages of 18 and 20 drink alcohol illegally without any sense of guilt. On July 17‚ 1984‚ a law was established in the United States that impacted a large number of America’s youth. The indicated law was the National Minimum Drinking Age Act. Legal drinking ages were originally determined by each state. Many states kept the age at twenty one
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driving age for adolescents should stay at 16 rather than being changed to a higher age because high schoolers need the ability to drive after school and the age doesn’t result in fatalities‚ its experience. Furthermore‚ graduated driving licenses creates a step by step guide to create problem solving and decision making while in tense situations and continues to drop fatality rates in states. Roughly 80% of high school students work at part time jobs and if the driving age is changed to 18‚ who gets
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Should the Legal Alcohol Drinking Age be Lowered to 18? Should the legal alcohol drinking age be lowered to eighteen? At the age of eighteen years old‚ you are eligible to vote‚ you can legally purchase cigarettes‚ you are eligible for the military draft‚ you are willing to die for this country‚ you are even able to serve on a jury‚ and you are titled as an adult at the age of eighteen. Why can’t someone at the age of eighteen not drink alcohol? Who is to say that just because someone is twenty-one
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through the night. That’s what these kids have to go through. These young children are being forced to go to war and kill. Should kids be granted amnesty or punishment? Although kids have killed people‚ they should be granted amnesty because they were forced to do all those bad and horrific things. Child soldiers should be granted amnesty because of what they have gone through. In the article “Children in Somalia Facing War Crimes” the author said‚ “ . . . recruited as child soldiers‚ denied access to
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A child working at early ages is not as good as you think. Children should not work at early ages. Children should not work at early ages because children may care more about the money and less about their education may drop out of school‚ and not be able to balance school work and their job life. Children should be able to be children for as long as they can be without worrying about a job‚ but getting their education. Some children’s minds are set that they feel money is everything they need.
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Lowering the drinking age to 18 will have serious consequences such as the increase in traffic fatalities. According to the Foundation for a Drug-Free World‚ “in the United States in 2007‚ the death toll from teenage drunk-driving accidents was 1‚393 – nearly four fatalities every day of the year.” (Drinking and Driving‚ 2006-2015). At such youthful age‚ these teens are not responsible enough to know that they should not drink and drive. They assume that they are perfectly fine after consuming alcohol
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Driving can be one of the most dangerous things to do. Some people aren’t affected by; accidents‚ but most people who are affected are scared to drive. Driving causes 1.3 million accidents per year. That’s about 3287 deaths a day. If you didn’t die‚ 20-50 million people become injured or disabled. Most people who suffer from driving are young adults. So should we higher the driving age to 18 or 20? As much as most young adults can’t wait to be behind the wheel‚ safety can be a real issue. Are the car
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legal drinking age be lowered to 18 years of age. There are many reasons for lowering the legal drinking age to 18. Some of these reasons include: the fact that at the age of 18 you are considered an and take on lots of responsibilities‚ also you do not necessarily reach your peak maturity at the age of 21‚ and in addition by raising the legal drinking age to 21 in the first place‚ lives were not saved from drinking and driving s but rather transferred to a higher age group. One
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can drive themselves. They are trying to establish a new law that teen can get their licenses when they turn 18 when they are more responsible instead of 16. The 16 year old driving age should stay the same instead of trying to increase the age because it can teach teens more about responsibility‚ gives teens more freedom‚ and they can just increase the practice driving hours instead of the age. The less teens rely on their parents or guardians the more responsibility they gain for themselves. Teens
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regarding drinking is whether the legal drinking age should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen. Lowering the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen would be an effective and beneficial step to help reduce alcohol-related accidents and deaths‚ encourage safe drinking activity‚ and allow those of legal adulthood the opportunity to fully and responsibly make adult decisions. In the United States age‚ eighteen is the age of adulthood‚ and adults should have the right to make their own decisions regarding
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