Binge drinking

For many years the legal drinking age as well as the legal driving age has been up for debate. Problems such as underage drinking, binge drinking and drinking and driving are only a few of the many issues faced among teenagers. Obviously the U.S has done little to nothing try to control these issues that are happening every day. Something needs to change before these problems get any worse. The United States is constantly evolving and so should its laws. A lot has changed since these laws have…

get punished for it by the law. Police officers could walk through a party and not have to arrest anyone for drinking. The only thing the officers had to check was any disturbances or fights that might have been going on. President Ronald Reagan changed all that when he passed the Federal Uniform Drinking Age act of 1984 which increased the age to twenty-one (EDITORIAL: Lowering the drinking age worth debate). Since then, there has been large debate over whether or not it should be changed back…

legal drinking age in the United States. I chose to try this route of genre because these things really appeal to me. Whenever I see Top Ten Reasons lists on places such as social media, I like to read them because they are pretty fascinating, so I decided to create my own version. The ideal Top Reason Why genre…

that misused, can cause drastic side effects for users and even death. This type of illegal consumption and misuse of drugs is also referred to as drug abuse, and although universities have dealt with substance abuse such as alcohol abuse and binge drinking for decades,…

our first lecture, we are going to discuss lowering the drinking age. Think about this, all of you kids can vote, drive a car, fight for our country, and even fly a plane at age 18, so why shouldn 't you be able to legally drink alcohol? Admittedly, alcohol may cause harmful effects on your body and brain while under the age of 21, but prohibiting the sale of alcohol to responsible young adults causes a huge increase in college campus drinking, raises the…

alcohol abuse are among the most common, devastating, and costly problems in the United States. ?Recent studies have shown that approximately 53 percent of adults in the United States have reported that one or more of their close relatives has a drinking problem. Between the ages of 18 to 29 these are the ages of the highest risk people when it comes to alcoholism or alcohol abuse in the United States. More than 50,000 people have been reported of dying from overdose of alcohol. According the…

Over the past few months I have gathered enough information from different media outlets such as magazines, newspapers, television talk shows, facebook, and even radio station conversations to finally come to a conclusion that I never considered when I initially came up with the idea of this project. The idea that simply eating a meal with your family will create an immediate bond between the family members is not true. In reality, it is the conversations that make all the difference. In other…

Are we Truly Equal There are many things wrong with the world. Many people believe teens should wait until a certain age to drink and others think teens should not drink at all. If the president was to lower the drinking law teen’s parents could still tell their child to drink or not, also if something was to happen then most people would not want to come forward because of the consequences, and finally it would help businesses gain more money. Many Americans believe that people should drink at…

lowering the drinking age to eighteen. If teenagers in the United States are allowed to vote and join the military at age eighteen they are considered responsible adults then they should be allowed to purchase alcohol. If teenagers in the United States are prohibited to purchase alcohol, they are going to find other ways to purchase and drink alcohol anyways. If eighteen year olds are allowed to purchase tobacco then why shouldn’t they be allowed to purchase alcohol? Lowering the drinking age to…

Do you think the U.S. drinking age should be lowered? Would lowering the drinking age to 19 help young adults be less likely to abuse alcohol? In his essay, “Get real, lower drinking age to 19” William Cohan claims that the drinking age should be lowered because it will lower the amount of students who binge drink, there will be fewer accounts of rape, and less students will be violating the drinking law. I do not think that Cohan succeeds because he gets all his evidence from Duke University…