Drinking

Drinking age should be lowered to the age of 18 There is no taboo subject in America quote like underage drinking. The principal problem is not the age of drinking, but the hidden binge side of it. When it comes to the law, there is always an opinion. A reform should be made about the age of drinking for numerous reasons in my personal viewpoint. In the U.S, at the age of 18, one can legally vote, buy cigarettes, and join the army, to cite a few things. Going against the law, critics recommend allowing 18-year-olds to drink, and consider their age to have the rights and same power as 21-year-olds. If an 18 years old is allowed to sign a lease, join the military, vote, and buy cigarettes. At the same agreement an 18-year- olds should be…

Introduction In the last few years, drinking alcohol and partying has become the most central social behavior among American college students. This kind of behavior has many negative consequences. About 1 out of 4 American college students report academic problems which accurse from drinking and partying, for instance missing classes, doing poorly on exams and papers and receiving lower grades. Previous research has found “That pre-partying is involved in proximally 45% of all drinking events of…

Lastly, keeping the minimum legal drinking age in the United States to 21, has kept younger people safer overall. People who drink alcohol before they are 21 years old are also more likely to take part in dangerous behavior such as having multiple sexual partners, having unprotected sex, driving a motor vehicle under the influence, and taking other risks they normally would not do when sober. This results in a large number of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases among young…

practicing lawyers have a drinking problem. This may be because 19 percent of lawyers have symptoms of anxiety and a further 28 percent have depression. Due to the stress that lawyers face on a daily basis, it is unsurprising that alcohol addiction has become a problem. While alcoholism is a problem, there are new options for alcohol treatment for lawyers. Evidence based treatment programs offer an alternative to the traditional 12-step program. Offered by medical innovators like Alavida, these…

Most college students look at drinking alcohol as a ritual, but what they don’t think about is the pros and cons of being drunk. Jim Matthews wrote Beer, Booze, and Books to teach college students that drinking affects everything and everyone around them While acknowledging the abstinence he also taught us healthier ways to use alcohol to avoid the high-risk impact of negative reactions. Jim Matthew was also once a college student and he witnessed and played a role in being a victim to alcohol…

Victoria Valdez Professor Smith English 061 02 December 2015 The Drinking Age Should Not Be Lowered in the United States Since the 1980s, the drinking age of 21 has been enforced on United States citizens. Within the last three decades, the drinking age has been debated and is still considered being lowered to the age of eighteen. In two thousand and eight, more than one hundred college presidents chose to team up with Choose Responsibility whose plan was to reduce the drinking age from…

There are many stupid things you can do while driving. Driving drunk is definitely up there towards the top of that list. You can affect so many lives by driving drunk it's unbelieveable. You can injure people, kill people, make families no longer whole, and all that for a drink. I would ask all drunk drivers out there if it was worth it. To put someone's life in danger just so you could have a good time and drink. Drunk driving kills people that's not debatable. In the video,”lives Affected”…

are 18 year old’s by law not allowed to drink? The drinking…

Although it may be fun have you ever wondered that drinking alcohol could cause long term effects on development? Well it does, alcohol plays a big role in your development when you're binge drinking in the adolescent age. People may not realize it but it is true. I think people shall not drink under the age of 21 due to developmental issues. In fact adolescents drink less but more at one time than younger and older adults. Youth between twelve and twenty years of age drink as much as five…

The US is known for binge drinking even though the drinking age is set at 21, the highest drinking age compared to other countries. Opponents of the current drinking age argue that setting the drinking age at 21 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…