legal drinking age from 21‚ to 18‚ in my opinion is simply ludicrous. John Bowersox reports‚ “Since Colonial times‚ drinking alcohol has been part of American culture and its use by young people has been accepted by many as part of growing up. In fact‚ during the late 1960s and early 1970s‚ many States lowered the legal drinking age from 21 to 18. Following this change‚ the number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities among young people increased. In response to these acute consequences‚ beginning
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The Effects of Underage Drinking and Driving While Under the Influence Heather Herrick Dr. Hawkins ENC1101 November 27‚ 2012 ABSTRACT: Underage drinking is one of the biggest problems in society today (“Enforcing”). Throughout childhood‚ the brain is making changes that assist in planning‚ decision making‚ controlling impulses‚ memory‚ speech and also how the body responds to drugs and alcohol (“NIAAA”). Not only does underage drinking cause problems with brain development and unprotected
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a personal decision which is not related to age or advertising. Robert A. Levy’s passage‚ “Alcohol Ads Do Not Promote Underage Drinking”‚ argues that advertisements are not to be blamed for a person’s decision to drink. While Robert A. Levy’s passage aims to defend alcohol advertisers‚ his passage contains some solid points about the personal choices surrounding underage drinking. First‚ Robert A. Levy underlines all the responsibilities an eighteen year old has without having the right to legally
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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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Underage‚ Underestimated An estimated 5‚000 teens under the age of 21 die each year as a result of underage drinking. Teens who consume alcohol introduce themselves to the risk of severe‚ life changing health risks. Underage drinking is a factor in nearly half of all homicides‚ suicides‚ and motor vehicle crashes for teens (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism). Almost 80% of high school students that have tried alcohol are not following the National Minimum Legal Drinking Age‚ of
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cars‚ lives‚ families‚ homes‚ and money over their senseless act to abuse the right to drink. Driving drunk is a huge decision that people make and has serious consequences if caught. In Michigan the legal limit for drunk driving is a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.08. Not all people follow the law so they have to deal with consequences which consist of cash payments‚ jail time‚ and sometimes their own life. Jail play’s a major part in drunk driving. When people are suspected of
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spend a quite a bit of time in a bar drinking milk laced with alcohol in the novel when he wrote: “Or you could [drink] the milk with knives in it‚ as we used to say‚ and this would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of dirty [gang violence]‚ and that was what we were [drinking] this evening I’m starting off the story with” (Burgess). The milk is laced with alcohol‚ and the bar is passing it off as regular milk‚ so it can be served to minors. By drinking milk‚ the characters depicted as innocent
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Underage Driving and Road Safety Many lives are shattered by underage drivers going for a joyride in the vehicles of their parents or older relatives. We are aware of many unlicensed drivers going for the short drive – but often overlook the nature of the risks and the consequences to these youngsters. Parents are urged to familiarize themselves with the risks associated with underage driving. The facts about underage driving: Teen drivers aged 16-19 years are four times more likely than older
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If we leave the voting age at eighteen then we will have smart‚ mature‚ and independent votes. I don’t believe that underage teens should be able to vote. Usually these underage teens don’t realize how important the future of the government can be. If we allow them to vote they can change our government and then have an ignorant leader’s in power. Most of these underage teen that are
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vice president of a beer company in a state that sets the legal drinking age at 21. Your boss asks you to organize a lobbying effort to have the drinking age reduced to 18. What would you do? A. I would do research and report my findings to my boss. Although it might seem like a good idea to do so -higher sales‚ and therefore higher revenue and profit- lowering the drinking age would be a losing battle. States can lower the drinking age back down to 18 or 19 but the amount of federal highway funds
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