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The topic of US’ states lowering the minimum drinking age to eighteen or keeping the age at twenty one has been a hot, controversial topic over the past few years. As of July 1988, each of the fifty states have made their MLDA, minimum legal drinking age, twenty one (Eastman). Given that each state has the same drinking age, it greatly reduces drinking and driving among teens because they cannot drive to another state, drink, and return home while intoxicated. Although both sides of the argument…

Controversial Issue: Drinking Age According to a recent poll, over 135 U.S. colleges have signed the petition to lower the drinking age to eighteen. It is common fact that majority of college students consume alcohol on a weekly bases. Although many believe that anyone under the age of 21 is prohibited from consuming alcohol in the United States, underage drinking is allowed in eleven states for educational purposes, twenty-nine if done on private property with parental consent, in sixteen for…

The drinking age is a huge topic of conversation with the youth. Many believe that one is entitled to make their own decisions at the age of adulthood. Turning Eighteen entails receiving the rights and responsibilities of adulthood to vote, get married, partake in tobacco products, and even joining the military. A popular argument with the underage drinking law is; one cannot drink, but can risk their lives in combat. Studies have been shown that underage drinking can lead to mental issues…

In 1984, Congress passed a law that made a huge impact on people across America. The drinking age was raised from eighteen to twenty-one. All over the country, young adults and teens under the age of twenty-one are consuming alcohol. Teens are experimenting with alcohol in unsafe environments, which leads to a higher level of binge drinking among youth. The purpose of this law was to cut back on the number of high fatalities that were being caused by drinking and driving. Anyone who has followed…

causes a lot of controversy is raising the legal driving age. In America, teenagers can start driving before they are even able to vote, drink alcohol or smoke. In my opinion, although not every 16-year-old may be a dangerous driver, there are people who don’t take any precautions when driving so, therefore, raising the driving age would put things at ease by making the public a lot safer. There are many advantages of raising the legal driving age. One main advantage would be that raising it,…

From the Article “Return the Drinking Age to 18, and Enforce It” by Gabrielle Glaser, the author argues that the drinking age should be returned to eighteen, and enforced heavily. In the article, she argues that the current system which only allows people who are twenty-one and older to purchase and drink alcohol is forcing high school and college kids to partake in risky binge drinking behavior. Also, she compares today’s drinking attitude of underage kids to the attitude of people in the…

Some say that the legal voting age should stay 18, but other's say it should be lowered to 16. In my opinion, it should be 16, because whoever wins the presidential election will still be president as these 16 year old's grow into their adult life. Turning 18 comes with many new responsibilities and rules, and I feel that teens should have a say in who will be president when they are introduced to those new responsibilities. The voting rate for the younger generation may be smaller than the…

"I am more afraid of alcohol than of all the bullets of the enemy." --Stonewall Jackson. The alcohol level should stay at 21, if not raise a few years. 18 year olds are still immature. Many more health complications occur in people under the age of 21 when using alcohol. There isn't as easy of an access to highschoolers and elementary students. The last but not least would be state funding and safe highways. My first point is that most 18 year olds now-a-days are still immature. They are…

Ho Yan Cheung Topic: The drinking age should be raised to 21 Opening/Attention: Good afternoon everyone! Canada is facing a serious problem of people drink and drive. People like drinking alcohol to “relax” but at the same time, it can take away one’s life. Lots of activities have ages initiation. At 16, a person can start driving; at 18, a person can marry without parental consent and so on. I think the drinking age should be raised to 21 is because teenagers get drunk twice as fast as…

Would changing the drinking age be beneficial to the US.This has been a huge topic debated in the US for a while. There are very good reasons for changing it and to keep it the same. Some say that when you are 18 you are able to make your own decisions and being able to drink should be one of them. On the other hand, you should be more mature to be able to drink responsibly. A big topic that comes up with this is drunk driving deaths. Would this decrease the amount of deaths? If this were to…