The consumption of alcoholic beverages is a privilege not a right. The legal drinking age in the United States is twenty-one‚ and I believe that this is a fair age. There are so many statistics that show drinking to be bad to begin with‚ but there are many more statistics that show why the drinking age of twenty-one should not be lowered. Teenagers do not show enough responsibility when drinking‚ and it would do everyone a lot more harm if they could do it legally. There is no argument that drinking
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mid-1980’s‚ lowering the drinking age is a proposal that is not only sensitive to many Americans‚ but is a widespread issue in our culture (The Debate on Lowering the Drinking Age‚ cbsnews.com). Although many states have tried lowering the drinking age‚ proponents of maintaing the minimum age have kept a strong case. After the ending prohibition‚ the banning of alcohol from 1920-1933‚ almost every state set their minimum drinking age to 21. During the 1970’s‚ 29 states lowered the drinking age to 18‚
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Rhetoric and Composition 15 December 2012 Lowering The Drinking Age Alcohol is considered to be a large problem in society today. Especially with young adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one. Which presents the question of whether or not the drinking age should be lowered. Lowering the legal drinking age to eighteen would have positive and negative influences on society. Positive through raising more government taxes and keep high school age and young college students out of trouble
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controversy 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
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colleges such as Dartmouth‚ Virginia Tech‚ and Duke all signed a declaration that concluded that the legal drinking age should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen (cbsnews.com). This sparked a huge and heated debate that is still going on seven years later. Being a largely debated topic‚ there are multiple angles presents for both those for and against lowering the legal drinking age. While it is at times a very emotionally charged argument‚ the facts are here to speak for themselves on the matter
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People argue on lowering the drinking age to eighteen whether it is a good idea. Some teenagers start experiencing drinking in high school. Many teenagers think there is nothing wrong with a drink every now or again at a party. In fact‚ many teenagers see drinking alcohol as an important stage in becoming an adult. For this reason‚ teenagers are more temped to consume alcohol. The legal drinking age should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen because eighteen is considered to be a legal adult‚
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drinking age to 18. The people who argue say that lowering the age to 18 will help youth make healthy choices when consuming alcohol (Wechsler‚ Nelson‚ 2010). The other side states that alcohol can lead to death and a higher risk of alcohol disorder under age 21(The Scope of the Problem‚ 2004). Changing the drinking age to 18 shouldn’t be lower in the United States because it will cause many deathly accidents. First of all‚ there were many debates on whether or not to lower the drinking age to 18‚
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Lowering the Voting Age Do you wish that we would get a teen’s input on world events sometimes? What about getting them to vote? It’s their world too‚ shouldn’t they get to show what they want for our country? I mean they are still getting educated at school about world events. I believe that they should lower the voting age to 13. First of all‚ most of the teens in school are mature enough to truthfully vote who should be president. Evidence shows that when you vote at a younger age you are
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voting age should be lowered in the U.S. In the last few years the teenagers of our generation and the poor options we have for political candidates have proven that the voting age should be lowered to 16. There is a number of reasons that lowering the voting age will benefit the country. Lowering the voting age will increase voter turnouts‚ give the younger generation‚ a say in the law‚ and help teens become more interested in politics. This is why we should lower the voting age. Lowering the voting
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and makeup. I feel the voting age should not be lowered. Lowering the age would actually decrease voting percantages. Teenagers aren’t concerned with politics. There are many otherways to improve voter turnout besides having teens vote. In 1948‚ 51% of elgible voters participated in the presidential elections. By the time the united states held the 2012 election‚ there had only been a 11% increase‚ making voter participation at 62%. By lowering the voting age we would end up decreasing these
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