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    States, the legal drinking age in all 50 states and the District of Columbia is 21 years old. As both sides go back and forth between changing the law and keeping it, I am on the side to go ahead and allow adults over the age of 18 to drink alcoholic beverages. I strongly believe in changing the law for many reasons including the fact that many 18 year olds have already drank and are now adults, that surprisingly lowering the drinking age in many ways can increase the safety and health of…

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    single bar, restaurant, club and any social event that sells alcoholic beverages. To have this put a stop to this issue, the security will be positioned at every bar and club at the entrance. Everyone that goes to a club and goes to a bar goes to drink, therefore the security will be enforced to take an individual 's key. At a restaurant the server who is serving the food and drinks is responsible for anyone who is to order an alcoholic beverage. Going along with " Can I see your I.D please?"…

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    Over the years society has adopted certain behaviors, trends, and consumer habits. When individuals reflect on the past and how society is now they are quick to say that technology is responsible. This may be true, but what convinced consumers to buy all these products as society continued to advance? The answer to that question is advertising. Good advertising is the reasons why we follow certain trends, buy certain goods, and adopt certain behavior habits. In an article by Business Standard on…

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    Here are some things the Volstead Act did. (1) To “prohibit intoxicating beverages.” (2) “[T]o regulate the manufacture, production, use and sale of high proof spirits for other than beverage purposes.” (3) To “insure an ample supply of alcohol and promote its use in scientific research and in the development of fuel, dye and other lawful industries.” It also defines what intoxicating…

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    Research Proposal Description/Justification: Prohibition of Alcohol in the United States took place from 1920 to 1933. The 18th amendment banned possession, transportation and manufacturing of alcoholic beverages. Prohibition was pushed by several Unions and supporters of the temperance movement to try to end consumption of alcohol. Alcohol was seen as destructive to families, which made women the majority supporters of the cause before it was passed by congress. During prohibition,…

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    is creating a “forbidden fruit syndrome” while proponents of the current drinking age argue that it helps to reduce accidents that are alcohol related and traffic fatalities while at the same time it helps to prevent teenagers from accessing alcoholic beverages (Cary). Several countries have their drinking age at 18 years while countries like France serve little amounts of alcohol to their children during dinner (Giggs). By doing this, Dwight B. Heath argues that these countries help to educate…

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    Researchers who looked at states where the drinking age was lowered to 18, say that it may have just moved the problem down . The 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act, requires that States prohibit people under 21 years of age from purchasing alcoholic beverages as a condition of receiving State highway funds…

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    is a problems for both women and men with a startling increase in frequency worldwide. It can cause both physical and psychological damage to the victim. The solution? Color Tabs. This is a safe tablet with a colored dye that is dropped in an alcoholic beverage. If there is a trace of rohypnol or GHB, the chemical inside the tablet would release a dye to indicate the presence of the drug. If the pill does not detect Rohypnol it will not release a colored dye. The pill can stay in the drink and…

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    be received with thankfulness, but the abuse of drink is from Satan, the wine is from God, but the drunkard is from the devil. Woe to drunkards’’ (1673). The use of fermented beverages such as fruits, honey, grains and juice existed in the early years of Egyptian civilization (pubs.niaa.nih.gov). These fermented beverages were used in making alcohols. So lots of Native American civilizations also developed the concept in pre-Columbian times (drugfreeworld.org). The concept, which was also known…

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    Alcohol was always the American pastime, since before the revolution. Behr vividly describes from the time where America was in its beginnings and alcohol was used for medicinal purposes, then when aversion began to grow against “intoxicating beverages”, and finally to that fateful night on January 16th, 1920, when the United States went dry. Of course, thirteen years later on December 5th, 1933, the 18th Amendment was repealed due to overwhelming protest, and to this day stands as the only…

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