Alcohol. The third leading preventable cause of death in the United States. This deathly drug is estimated to kill nearly 88‚000 men and women each year (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism). As adolescents and young adults are dismally getting injured and killed every day‚ the thrust many Americans are making to lower the minimum legal drinking age is continuing on. The age citizens are allowed to fight for their country and vote for their leaders is a young 18 years old‚ so many
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The drinking age be lowered to 18 "Alcohol is the drug of choice among America’s adolescents‚ used by more young people than tobacco or illicit drugs... [T]here are 10.1 million underage drinkers in the United States... 39% of current 8th graders‚ 58% of 10th graders‚ 72% of 12th graders‚ and 85% of college students have tried alcohol.” -The National Institutes of Health (NIH) wrote in their fact sheet titled "Underage Drinking" on report.nih.gov. Apparently keeping the drinking age at 21 is not
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harry potter mr. andrews Drinking age Is it fair to kill in war but not be able to drink Alcohol before the age of 21? Why do adults‚ the government‚ and even parents think teenagers are not responsible enough to drink at 18? They think teenagers are not mature enough to handle the responsibility and consequences of drinking alcohol. Studies have identified that teenagers are more vulnerable to the effects of alcohol on memory‚ learning and judgment. So there is a risk that teenagers
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Kristi Patterson WR-115 Fall 2010 Mr. Carver Legal Minimum Drinking Age 18 75% of students have consumed alcohol by the end of their high school career (Clapp‚ 288). Prohibiting the sale of liquor to young adults ages 18-20 creates an uncontrolled atmosphere where alcohol abuse has come to the point of being fatal. Young adults cannot learn how to drink safely and in moderations in these uncontrolled environments that the law has lead them into. We have seen what happens when drinking is banned
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celebrate. I understand these thoughts and sometimes wish it was 19 but when you look at the research‚ it is better for everyone that every state to set the legal drinking age 21. In order to understand how the change in the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) came about‚ I think it is important to understand the history of it. From December 6th‚ 1933 - July 16th‚ 1984‚ the drinking ages were set by individual states. Many of the states had the drinking age set at 21 while several others had the drinking
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“What we’re doing now to prevent underage drinking isn’t working; it’s time to try something else.” Although many people argue that the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1964‚ which lowed the drinking age from eighteen to twenty one‚ was a good idea. David J Hanson a professor in the State University of New York believed that something needs to be done to make the United States a safer place to live. Is it fair that people in the United States can serve in the military‚ vote in elections‚ serve
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for 18 year-olds will provide more opportunities for younger teens to obtain it illegally from older peers‚ making enforcement that much more difficult among high school students. For this reason‚ parents and schools strongly supported the age-21 MLDA (Bonnie‚ p. 38-58‚ 1980). Finally‚ the following is a response from U.S. Surgeon General RADM Steven K. Galson‚ about lowering the drinking age. “We all should be very concerned about the extent and consequences of underage drinking. The fact is
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that are associated with drinking and driving. In reality with the laws that have been instilled car accidents related to drinking and driving have been reduced. For example‚ the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimated that MLDA 21decreased the number of fatal traffic accidents for 18- to 20-year-olds by 13% and saved approximately 27‚052 lives from 1975-2008. On a related note‚ 76% of bars have sold alcohol to obviously intoxicated patrons‚ and about half of drivers arrested
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Cited: 1) "Pros and cons of lowering the drinking age." Glens Falls Post-Star. 30 Jan. 2010. 14 Apr. 2013 <http://poststar.com/pros-and-cons-of-lowering-the-drinking-age/article_8334b636-0e12-11df-8d80-001cc4c002e0.html>. 2) Hingson. "MLDA Evidence 18-20 Years Old." Apr. 1981. <http://www.thecommunityguide.org/mvoi/aid/supportingmaterials/SETMLDALaws.pdf>. 3) "Drinking Age ProCon.org." Drinking Age ProCon.org. 14 Apr. 2013 <http://drinkingage.procon.org/>. 4) "PRO: Lower
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Megan Hollrah October 28‚ 2011 Persuasive Essay Cyber English Ms. Taylor Alcohol at 18: A Definite to Consider The drinking age in the United States is now twenty one years of age. Some people believe that this age is too high to be the minimum age to be able to legally drink and others feel that it is the perfect age. This topic is very huge and has been debated for years. The United States drinking age has gone up and down‚ and recently‚ in 1984‚ it has gone up to twenty one. Many events
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