Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Drinking Act, an Unjust Civil Liberty Violation The age of adulthood in the United States is 18, and adults should have the right to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act, MLDA, is a policy that was intended to lower alcohol consumption and related problems among teenagers. Studies and research have proven this act to be outrageously unsuccessful, and ineffective, especially among college age students. The National Minimum Drinking Act,…

Was one of your family members affected by drugs or alcohol at a young age? I know mine have. People all over the world are affected or dying from alcohol the most killing drug out there. People seem to think of this drug as a normal thing now and it's harmless which is completely incorrect. Certain people seem to believe the opposite of this and think it should be raised. When people say the word college at least half of the people in the room think of parties because in your 3rd year of…

if we lower the drinking age to 18, there will be more time to teach teens how to handle alcohol responsibly. This nation is entering a time of great change-maybe this law should change with it. In America, at the age of 18 you’re considered an adult, but why do adults have to wait until age 21 to consume alcohol? Even though the brain is still being developed at age 18, the same goes for 21. At any age, alcohol can be harmful. People who want to keep the limit at the age it is now might be…

Advertisements are designed to get us to buy a particular product In “Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising” by Ann McClintock, the author explains several ways propaganda is used in today’s advertising as suggested in the title. She begins with what she refers to as Name Calling, Glittering Generalities and Transfer. She goes on to discuss four additional topics, which she states as Testimonial, Plain Folks, Card Stacking and Bandwagon. All of which can be seen being used constantly, if…

This campaign was originally developed based on a consensus among our group members that individuals under the age of 21 are drinking irresponsibly. The thought that drinking underage can also have severe health and life consequences was also a major motivational factor when choosing this campaign. Death among underage drinkers is also one of the main reasons for choosing this topic, as the rates are very high, especially among college students. The main reasons for death and accidents among…

Currently the legal consumption of alcohol is the age 21 in the United States. The United States has one of the highest drinking ages in the world. For example, most European countries the legal limit are either 16 or 18 to first drink alcohol. There have been a lot of on going arguments, such as; that the brain is not fully developed until around the age of 21 and that is why we have our limit set that high. Changing the legal drinking age from 21 to 18 would have been effects to this country,…

In Texas a federal law states the minimum drinking age is 21, however does that stop adolescent from consuming alcohol. “According to results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health published in 2015, 34.7% of 15-year-olds reported having at least one drink in their lives. About 8.7 million people ages 12 to 20 (22.8%) reported drinking alcohol in the past month” (Underage drinking, 2015, P.1). These statistics prove that the federal law has not stopped adolescents from consuming alcohol…

should the drinking age be lowered ? When people turn 18 most people will go off to college . When they are in college they are no longer being supervised by anyone . Many students in their first year of college begin to binge drink . College students binge drink before going out at night because they can’t legally get alcohol until they are 21, and lowering the drinking age may decrease the regularity on college campuses. Researchers who looked at states where the drinking age was lowered…

morning of January 17, 1920, “ordinary events like taking a bottle of wine to a friend’s house, sipping a drink in public or selling a beer were now illegal from coast to coast, punishable by up to six months of jail time and a fine up to $1,000” (Blumenthal 59). Americans were still reluctant to give up their favorite drinks. It was legal to make cider and beer at home as long as no alcohol was added. Beer could even be sold if most of the alcohol if most of the alcohol content was first…

underage drinking and there are a lot of scary stories that we hear every day about teenagers getting injured and killed for drunk driving. Even when people know drinking will cause a lot of problems, there is still a big argument about the drinking age being lowered to 18 or stay at 21. Many activities…