Manitoba—a province in Canada. In the United States however‚ the age at which one is legally allowed to consume alcohol (21)‚ and the age of adulthood (18) are completely at odds. Once an “adult‚” one can get married‚ vote for our leaders‚ and serve our country. However one is not adult enough to go for drinks with friends. It is high time‚ that all adult freedoms are granted at the age of adulthood‚ age 18. The change of the drinking age‚ being as controversial an issue as it is‚ would face many critics
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Lowering the Drinking Age Laws are made to benefit and protect us. We have all heard the old folks saying‚ “learn how to pick your battles.” That is exactly what the government needs to do; fight battles they can win. In the state of Maine‚ a person must be twenty-one to purchase or consume alcohol. Instead‚ the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen. There has been an ongoing controversy in the United States about whether the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen‚ like most of the world
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Bryan Blejski ENG 101-010 Ms. Abbott 28 July 2011 Not Lowering the Drinking Age Many teenage deaths in the United States are caused in some way by the influence of alcohol; however‚ many people still believe that the legal drinking age should be reduced to eighteen. This issue has been going on for years‚ but the law has not been changed since the change to twenty-one in 1980. States have become stricter about preventing under-age drinking‚ but teenagers have no problem getting alcohol. There are
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Lowering the Minimum Legal Drinking Alcohol consumption is the third leading actual cause of death in the United States‚ a major contributing factor to unintentional injuries‚ the leading cause of death for young people‚ and it accounts for an estimated 75‚000 or more total deaths in the United States annually. There have been a lot of discussions about whether to keep the minimum legal drinking age at 21 or to lower the minimum legal drinking age to 18. The minimum legal drinking age in the United
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Lowering The Age Will Lower The Deaths “’Drinking is Fun’ and ‘There’s Nothing You Can Do About It’: The Problem With the 21-Year-Old Minimum Drinking Age” an essay by Dr. Reginald Fennell‚ found in the Journal of American College Health‚ focuses on the effects of the minimum drinking age on college students. Fennell explains the benefits of lowering the drinking and gives alternatives to the current law. This article is of interest to readers since society seems to have a strong opinion of whether
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Cord Anderson Argumentative Essay Lowering Drinking Age In the United States government‚ there are many politicians that have to make difficult decisions that affect its citizens in their everyday lives. One frequently asked question by the people in America today is why does the government believe 21 is the proper age to legally allow drinking of alcoholic beverages. Over 200 countries in the world do not have a legal drinking age. Many say if you are tall enough to stand at a bar
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Although the legal purchase age is 19‚ a majority of young people under this age consume alcohol‚ and too many of them do so in an irresponsible manner. This is largely because drinking is seen by these youth as an enticing forbidden fruit‚ a trophy of rebellion against authority‚ and a symbol of adulthood. We can relate the illegal ways of the youth today‚ to the measures taken during the prohibition in Canada from 1918 to 1920. These efforts to prevent drinking were unenforceable and created serious
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Topic: Do you think the nation’s legal drinking age should be lowered from 21? Why or why not? For many years there has been a debate about whether or not the legal drinking age in America should be lowered. Now a days‚ the legal age for someone to buy or consume alcoholic Comment [EN1]: This should be hyphenated. beverages is 21. Many people who are against lowering the age limit feel teenagers are not mature enough to drink responsibly. On the other hand‚ there are many reasons‚ that
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concerning the legal drinking age remaining at twenty-one or being lowered to eighteen. John J. Miller‚ backed up with about one-hundred college presidents and chancellors‚ strongly believes that the legal drinking age of twenty one has failed and is not working. However‚ there is research and statistical data that suggests lowering the drinking age would cause several car related accidents‚ potentially increase a teen’s vulnerability of alcoholism‚ and increase binge drinking. John McCardell‚ a
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Drinking underage is a serious problem that the U.S is facing. There is a lot of problems with the drinking age 21‚ but if you lower or upper the drinking age not much difference will happen. The human brain isn’t fully developed until the age 21. Teenagers don’t know enough to make informed‚ smart decisions relating to alcohol. The drinking age shouldn’t be lowered because of three very real risks like: drunk driving‚ alcohol poisoning‚ and violent and/or destructive behavior. We have research
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