Amethyst Initiative

In 1984 the Minimum Drinking Age Act, also known as MDLA 21, was signed by Ronald Reagan requiring all states to establish a minimum drinking age of 21. The goal of this bill was to reduce the number of drunk driving incidents. Initially traffic fatalities did decline, but those under 21 still continued to drink. This created an “underground” drinking scene where risky and irresponsible decisions occurred that lead to a whole new set of problems. I’m interested in this subject because of the…

Controversial Issue: Drinking Age According to a recent poll, over 135 U.S. colleges have signed the petition to lower the drinking age to eighteen. It is common fact that majority of college students consume alcohol on a weekly bases. Although many believe that anyone under the age of 21 is prohibited from consuming alcohol in the United States, underage drinking is allowed in eleven states for educational purposes, twenty-nine if done on private property with parental consent, in sixteen for…

There are one hundred and ninety six sovereign countries in the world today. Of these provinces fifty nine percent have the minimum legal drinking age set at eighteen or nineteen years old. The United States of America is within the six percent of the world that has the age set at twenty-one. The primary reason for the increase of modulation in the U.S. and general belief in society is that having a higher minimum legal drinking age decreases alcohol related automobile accidents. However,…

Drinking ages have been or many years around the world up for debate for many years and across the globe. America’s states alone have changed their drinking age multiple times from 21 to 18, 19, or 20 and now have finally settled on 21 thanks to the passing of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984. However, this has not silenced the underlying grumble of the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) being too high and not without good reason. The current drinking age should be lowered to 18 as…

The current law in America states that a person who is the age of twenty-one or older is legally allowed to consume alcohol. There are many arguments whether this law should be changed to a lower age, preferably eighteen, or raised to an age somewhere around twenty-five. When the hardcore facts concerning this substance are thoroughly examined and thought over, one would see there is only one answer to this dispute. The United States has many problems concerning alcohol and younger people in…

This paper explains the debate of legalizing marijuana use for those in the age of adulthood. It uses the aging that law governs as adult: eighteen (18), twenty-one (21), and twenty-five (25). It will discuss the adaptive changes in our brain and what constitutes as safe use from a legal perspective in these age ranges. States and countries that have legalized along with the defining factors of use will be discussed. The methods used were educational research through the Diagnostic and…

One of the largest concerns in the economy today is the underaged consumption of alcohol. This has become a major problem in recent years as it has led to an increased number of drunk driving accidents as well as other alcohol related incidents (Choose Responsibility). As a result of the cumulative occurrences over the years, Congress has had a difficult time determining the appropriate age to legalize the consumption of alcohol. There are numerous reasons as to why many believe the drinking age…

Persuasive Speech Outline Introduction 1. The legal drinking age of 21 has been a topic of discussion since it came out. It is a very controversial topic. 2. I found multiple sources for both sides of this argument. In favor of age 21, I found information written by William DeJong and an organization by the title of Choose Responsibly. Information I found against the age limit was written by Dr. Ruth Engs and an organization that goes by the NIAAA, which stands for National Institute on…

While some people believe that 18 to 24 year olds should never be tried as adults, I believe that they should. By the time you hit 18, you have lived and learned enough to know what’s right, and what’s wrong. All your life, you’ve grown up learning do’s and the don’ts of pretty much everything. While they may not have been as extensive as they are today, they are still things that we should have carried on with us into our later years of life. Almost everyone looks forward to the day that they…

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…