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alcohol can have many different negative effects on a developing brain. Given just that little piece of information, many of us would think that the legal drinking age should go up to twenty five, instead of lowering back to the age eighteen. If the legal drinking age is raised to twenty five, it may cause less brain damage due to under age drinking. As a teenager everyone is a target of peer pressure. Seeing your friends, or maybe even your parents…

Should the legal drinking age be lowered to 18? Have you ever met or been around someone who drinks way too much? Some people want the legal drinking age to be lowered to the age of 18, while others think the current age should be kept. The current legal drinking age is 21. This paper will examine the pro, con and my viewpoint on lowering or keeping the legal drinking age. The current legal drinking age went into effect in 1988 and still continues to this day. Before this the legal age to…

form. These nitrates are from manure products that have not been absorbed by plants. This is not particularly dangerous to adults, but with excess levels can cause “blue baby” disease (methemoglobinemia) in young infants (Nitrate: Health Effects in Drinking Water, McCasland). Chlorinated water also affects its taste and smell. Using chlorinated water to make coffee, tea, soups, etc changes its taste and…

Persuasion Paper The debate whether or not the drinking age should be lowered began many years ago and still continues to this day. In the United 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…

1970 to 1976 in America the drinking age was lower from 21 to 18. However, the country paid a major price for doing this. There was a huge rise in the amount of teenager and young adults dieing in car crashes on highway due to drinking. (Main) This information was found in article call “Underage Drinking and The Drinking Age” written by Carla Main for Public Review in Jun/Jul 2009 magazine. In this article she argues the benefits of maintain the current drinking age at 21 In Main article…

Charity: Water Charity: Water is the name of a non-profit organization that has a goal to bring pure and safe drinking water to rural areas of developing countries around the world. Charity: Water was founded by Scott Harrison, who is a former photographer and volunteer for Mercy Ships, and currently works out of New York City. Mr. Harrison was a former night club organizer in New York City, but wanted to commit himself to the higher power of helping people in need. After working for several…

The Fight For Clean Drinking Water in Caldwell County The process of testing and purifying water has made it difficult for many groups in North Carolina and Caldwell County to access clean drinking water for a reasonable price. In result, many people have turned to well water, which without proper testing can be harmful over long periods of time. Changes in government have affected North Carolina citizens in negative ways, and there are not many people fighting for revisions. The purification…

activities include drunk driving, rape, assault, battery, destruction of property and so on. Drinking can be extremely dangerous for someone because it’s addictive like a drug. Adults abuse alcohol simply because they can. College students abuse it at parties, bars, and clubs and they end up in unpredictable situations. Teenagers abuse alcohol because they view it as a right of passage or are peer pressured into drinking. Alcohol should never be abused because there’s so many things that could…

share some of the same risk. Both are often blind to the dangers and underlying problems caused while being under the influence of alcohol. Just as alcoholics, social drinkers have also been in trouble with the law as a consequence of habitual drinking. Drinking and driving and public intoxication is another risk, and have been on the rise more than often. Both, alcoholics and social drinkers have been associated with having common traits similarly linked between the two. Another similarity…

the highest levels of binge drinking in Europe and university students have high levels of alcohol consumption in these areas. The researchers investigated the consumption patterns of university students in the areas of Ireland and the United Kingdom. The researchers found that almost two thirds of students reported a hazardous alcohol consumption score. The article highlights how harmful binge…