Jerry Lopez ENG 68 Mushik 2/27/13 The Minimum Legal Drinking Age Underage drinking has been become a large issue in the recent decades‚ becoming a rising issues mainly among young college students. This debate of either lowering the drinking age or keeping it as it is has caught great attention‚ especially with academic superiors. In 2008‚ 100 college presidents called for a debate about bringing down the drinking age. In Shari Roan’s essay‚ “Tempest in a Bottle‚” agreed that “[their] experience
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The Drinking Age 18 the dawn of adulthood. An age where you are allowed to vote‚ allowed to buy a lottery ticket‚ and allowed to register and fight for our country. Is there anything you can’t do? Yes‚ at 18 you cannot buy liquor of any form‚ at anytime‚ or anywhere legally. I think that the legal age for drinking and purchase of liquor should be lowered from 21 to 18 and I will briefly explain my position on this matter. Firstly‚ when a person turns 18 they are considered and adult in the American
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Lowering the Drinking Age The U.S. has the drinking problem. The young people‚ especially the college students‚ drink in excessive ways that have dangerous and damaging effect. Many people say the best way for combat this problem is to keep the Minimum Legal Drinking Age‚ or the MLDA‚ for 21 years and older adults. They argue the worst thing is to encourage more young people to drink alcohol because this will cause more risky behavior and even more deaths‚ as from traffic fatalities. Of course
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Underage drinking has been a major issue in the United States and can be severely solved by just simply lowering the drinking age by 3 years and will drastically reduce the thrill of breaking the law for teanegers. Teenagers are rebellious and know it if the drinking age were 18 they would not consider breaking the law because there is no fun if the law were to get lowered. Reducing the law will also stop the manufacturing of false id where teenagers deliberately disrespect the law. The high
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Purpose: To persuade my audience that the drinking age should be lowered to the age of 18. Thesis: To have the ability to lower the drinking age we must first look at new ways to educate our young adults‚ realize the role of our parents‚ and we must also look at the effects of a lower drinking age in other countries. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Can you honestly say that you never drank alcohol during high school? If so‚ you are in a distinct minority: nearly 80% of high school seniors
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the issue I have chosen is if we should raise the drinking age to 21. * Im against this issue because at the age of 18‚ you are allowed to vote‚ serve in the defence force‚ drive‚ make choices about sexual activity‚ live by yourself‚ be tried in courts as adults and receive benefits from the government. * Drinking should not be any different because it is less of a challenge to make than the above. * Raising the legal drinking age would only result in more of a problem‚ as people would
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PRO Lowering Drinking Age 1. 18 is the age of adulthood in the United States‚ and adults should have the right to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption. Turning 18 entails receiving the rights and responsibilities of adulthood to vote‚ smoke cigarettes‚ serve on juries‚ get married‚ sign contracts‚ be prosecuted as adults‚ and join the military - which includes risking one’s life. [5] [6] 2. Allowing 18- to 20-year-olds to drink alcohol in regulated environments with supervision would
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Time to Lower the Drinking Age? Over 5000 deaths occur from alcohol-related actions each year (McCardell). Binge drinking‚ a major issue among underage drinkers‚ is defined as having at least 5 drinks on one occasion (Kiesbye 21). The US is one of just four countries with an age requirement of 21. Only Islamic countries have more restrictive drinking laws. (Kiesbye 26). The minimum age of 21 passed Congress in 1984 (Balko). Vermont fought the law concerning the minimum age all the way to Supreme
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The Legal Drinking Age in the United States There has been a continuous controversy in the United States on whether the legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 or kept at 21. In the Persuasive Text “Five Reasons we should keep the drinking age at 21” Karen Arnold-Burger‚ she states the five reasons why people should keep the legal drinking age at 21 in the United States. Karen Arnold-Burger graduated at University of Kansas with a law degree in August 1981. She was appointed Judge of the
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Brandon Kosheff 11/20/2014 Public Speaking Topic: Drinking Age 18 or 21? Purpose: To persuade students to change their feelings about the current drinking age and the benefits of changing it to eighteen. Thesis: Underage drinking is to be expected. If an eighteen year old is old enough and mature enough to vote and serve the country in war‚ he or she should be able to drink. With proper upbringing and schooling on the subject‚ the drinking age should be changed to eighteen. I. Introduction
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