Age Discrimination in Employment Act

The serving size for a soda is usually about 8 oz, the allowed amount in New York is 16 oz which is double the recommended amount, but nevertheless a 16 oz soda is a healthier choice than the banned sizes. It is a controversial topic due to people not liking being told what they can and cannot do and them not liking having limited number of options. Even though the soda ban has a few downsides, there are an exponentially more benefits to having it. The soda ban is a great idea due to it making a…

n my paper I argue why the drinking age in the United States should be preserved at the current age of twenty-one because it has shown to decrease the amount of drunk driving incidents. In the past history of the United States, the impurities of alcohol have shown to lead to poor judgment in the means of getting into a motorized vehicle after consuming a large quantity of alcohol. In the mid 1970s of the United States, alcohol was involved in 60% of traffic fatalities, and alcohol was the…

My parents never gave me siblings, however, that does not mean that I grew up in a lonely house, that I celebrated my birthdays with no laughs around me, and that I never had somebody to listen to my dreams, my sorrows, and my yearnings. Destiny itself decided to never give me a sister—well, a biological sister to be more specific. But as I grew up in my grandma’s big house, where there were more rooms than people living in it, I shared it the space with another person, my cousin, whose name it…

Should The Drinking Age Be Lowered? Three decades ago, the United States congress has passed The National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which punished every state that allowed persons below 21 to purchase alcoholic beverages reducing its annual federal highway apportionment by ten percent. Since then, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have prohibited selling alcoholic beverages for those people who are under the 21 age so that they do not lose the 10% funds. This act neither…

The Fight for the Drinking Age The drinking age of 21 in the United States has been refuted by many people. However, others want to keep it the same. For one, since the drinking age was set to 21, there has been decreasing levels of alcohol consumption in adults over and under 21 ("Fact"). Another reason is consumption of alcohol can be dangerous, even deadly. Alcohol is the leading cause of death for youths and it accounts for 75,000 deaths in the U. S. annually (Wechsler). Laws have been…

Age doesn’t make a difference in Drinking Under the Influence (DUI) accidents or fatalities of drinking behind the wheel. In fact, there are absolutely no correlations between the Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) being 21 in America versus other places, such as Italy, that have a MLDA of 18 and lower. Furthermore, multiple studies taken everywhere have noted that moving the imbibing age to 18 years does not have an impact of deaths relating to alcohol besides DUI’s, such as Alcohol Poisoning.…

affects the future of young teens. The rates of underage drinking in the United States are horrendous and teenagers are constantly putting themselves at risk when doing so. Very unfortunate and unintelligent actions occur while drinking at a young age and any…

Drinking Age Act was passed by lawmakers in congress. This law of the minimum drinking age ultimately told the United States that they had to ratify the minimum drinking age to twenty-one years old. If the United States denied the request of the government, the states would lose up to ten percent of their federal highway funding. Alcohol consumption can interfere with the…

However, statistics say that in 2014 “about 8.7 million Americans between ages 12-20 report current alcohol consumption” (“Underage Drinking Statistics”). Underage drinking has to come from somewhere, and parents are the first that a child looks up to, but a parent doesn’t have to drink alcohol in front of their child to show…

Saige Owens Lamar Community College Comp 1 Argumentative Essay FD 11pm Sales Abstract This paper will argue and explain why alcohol should not be sold after 11pm. Multiple reasons include, fewer accidents, fewer ER visits, fewer visits from the cops, and possible lives being saved. 11pm Sales Do you occasionally have a drink or two, either at home or in town? To be able to have that opportunity, you have to go buy it to take home, or you go to a place that provides it for…