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The Legal Drinking Age in the United States There has been a continuing controversy in the United States on whether the legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 or kept at 21. In the Persuasive Text “Five Reasons we should keep the drinking age at 21,” Karen Arnold-Burger stated the five reasons why people should keep the legal drinking age at 21 in the United States. Karen Arnold-Burger was appointed Judge of the Court of Appeals on January 6, 2011 in Kansas City, Kansas. Karen was…

do not judge me that fast, I did not break any laws. How? Well, the first time I drink was in my country China which does not have a drinking age restriction. D. Thesis: Drinking Age restriction should be lowered on the USA E. Preview: Today I will try to persuade you about the drinking age restriction, more specific, I will be talking about: the drinking age should be lowered, the benefits of…

There is extreme controversy over the topic of establishing a policy to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18. Underage drinking is currently a very prevalent issue in the United States, so this political problem has a great impact on public health issues as well. There are approximately 5,000 underage adolescents that die from car wrecks, other injuries, homicides and suicides that are associated with underage drinking ("APIS - Highlight on Underage Drinking"). Laws restricting access to alcohol…

Erin Maloney 8 November 2015 FYE College Writing Professor Bonet Annotated Bibliography: Should the drinking age be lowered to 18? "Drinking While Young." State Legislatures 34.6 (2008): 11. Health Reference Center Academic. Web. 2 Nov. 2015. . This article, although short, contains very important information. Drinking under the age of 21 is obviously illegal, and as a result it leads teens to drink in private due to the fact that they are not allowed to drink publicly. The problem…

Should the legal drinking age be lowered? I don’t think it should. This has been an ongoing debate about the MLDA (minimum legal drinking age) that it should, and might, be lowered from 21 to 18 because, people at the age of 18 are considered adults. I think it should stay where it is at. Let’s look at all the points against and for the idea. Should the legal drinking age be lowered? I think not, my first piece of evidence is from procon.org, which states, “drinking should be similarly…

believe 18 is to young to drink because they are just getting out of school but what this over looks it that 18 year olds are considered adults, so keys should be able to make there own decisions. The definition of an adult is a person who attains the age maturity as specified law in America that is 18, so thats when they’re able to vote and do just about everything but drink. They can also buy tobacco products and tobacco products are just about as bad as alcohol. lastly, eighteen year olds…

that at the age of eighteen anyone should have the right to drink, if they want to. Fulton addresses that at the age of eighteen in the United States you are able to vote, pay taxes, own a gun, go off to war, get married and become a legal parent, etc., but are not able to take a sip of a beer. The article is aimed at the people in the United States who believe the drinking age should not be lowered back to eighteen. He uses Europe as an example to show that having a low drinking age does not…

alcohol by this age. I believe that the age of illegibility to enter the armed forces nevertheless to enter combat is an extraordinarily fair age. The entrance age is adequately placed at eighteen years of age because by then hopefully you have matured enough to be ready for war. In my personal opinion the purchasing of any sort of nicotine should be a felony no matter the age. Since the purchasing of nicotine is legal at a certain age I presume that eighteen years of age is an acceptable age…

Lindsay Lohan is a very famous Hollywood actress as a young age. She was features in many films throughout her childhood to adulthood. In Saroyan’s article,- “Is Child Stardom No Longer a Life Sentence? The rules have Changed...,” states that: “Another successful young actress who might fall into this category…

consumption compared to other countries, according to other laws the age of eighteen is considered a legal adult, and allowing teens of eighteen and older to drink in a safe controlled environment can decrease unsafe drinking activities. First let's talk about why the legal drinking age in the United States is 21. In 1984 the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed by Ronald Reagan. He basically made the states raise the legal drinking age to 21 or he would cut the highway funding to their…