Alcohol law

the development of the average person’s brain stops at 25 lowering the age would insure that a lot of immature people would be out there. In the 1980s a law was passed on the drinking age to be increased to 21, while some still drink at age 18 it is not done publicly. Many are still going to do it because to them they are an adult; since this law was passed it has not reduced drinking. American 18 year olds have the right to do many things such as marry, join the military, buy guns,…

Drinking and Driving The drunk driving law in the State of Michigan makes it illegal to drive with a .08 percentage blood alcohol concentration or above. In 2013, there was a total of 35,534 DUI arrests in Michigan. (Head) It is against the law to drive while intoxicated, why do people still choose to have one too many drinks in their system before they get on the road? Drivers should be more responsible, drivers should think about the costs driving and driving could cause them, and the police…

Administration claim every year nine hundred lives are saved by the drinking age being set at twenty-one. In 1984 the federal government passed a law that the minimum drinking age should be twenty-one in all states, and since then drunk driving rates have dropped fifty-four percent. While lives have been saved by the minimum age being raised the law is outdated because there are better safety features in vehicles and punishments for drunk driving than there were in the 1980s. Bahar Gholipour,…

drunk driving is very simple: it should be illegal. However, few people ever hear the counter argument to these mostly agreeable laws. According to a Gallup poll in 2000, 72% of Americans agreed with the lowering of the legal BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) passed by congress and signed by President Clinton in 2000 (“Most”). What few people seem to recognize is that these laws have huge constitutional hitches. In most states, drivers are required to submit a breathalyzer or chemical test if an…

heard that drunk driving is a safer alternative to sober driving and also makes driving a little more flashy. The way that alcohol blurs your vision really spices up your driving experience. Recently more and more drivers have discovered the thrill of driving drunk and some even live to do it again , so make sure if at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again! While consuming alcohol however, it is crucial to make sure to beware of sober drivers. Their clear mind and vision while driving often…

can assure preventable incidents can be avoided. However, Cal Poly is failing to enforce policies that support this step toward safe drinking. I believe that Cal Poly should change dormitory policies that punish sober individuals in the presence of alcohol. This policy change will bring us one step closer to safer…

gone and they believe that “they feel confident that they can drive extra carefully and avoid incident” (Distracted Driving). Drivers who are pulled over because of drunk driving can lose their license. If the person is found with a higher “blood alcohol level (BAL) higher than 0.08%, 21 years” of age and not a commercial driver in the state of Texas they are at risk of receiving a DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) and having their license revoked (DMV). If the driver is a commercial driver, they…

the U.S. government, the age of adulthood is eighteen years old. (U.S., 2016) Due to the government and how it regulates laws this affects what is considered being an adult in our nation. The government is the greatest impact on the two phases of life which are adolescence and old age. The government can change these transitions in the life course by changing laws such as voting law and social security. At eighteen in the United States, you can join the military, move out, marry and legally…

drinking age because it poses too many dangers for youth. The danger of youth drinking can affect many areas of the brain and could put other in danger other than the participant. Megan McMurry, a clinical psychology intern at UBA notes, “Drinking alcohol in excess is dangerous and can quite easily lead to death.” Binge drinking, which is when a person drinks five or six…

body cannot handle alcohol and the increased rate at which the body must handle incoming information while driving. The chance a person has of injuring someone exponentially increases the more that person drinks. The lives lost not only affect the driver and his record, but the families of someone who has lost a loved one due to a person deciding they are “sober” enough to drive. Many people do not know how gender and weight affect a person’s ability to negate the effects of alcohol on their…