Drinking

accepted thing at party’s or hanging with friends. Keeping the drinking age at twenty-one would be a smart thing to do because, If we were to lower the drinking age to eighteen we would be handing over more mature consequences that at their age, they could not comprehend, while if we were to raise the drinking age to twenty-five health problems would go down, but we would still have the problem of underage drinking. In the article “Keep Drinking Age at Twenty-One: Teens Aren’t Mature Enough To…

know someone who was involved in a drinking related accident. Whatever it may be, chances are you have seen the effects of alcohol or have been affected yourself in either a positive or a negative way. This leads people to form opinions about alcohol and how it should be regulated in America. One of the central debates surrounding alcohol is what the legal drinking age should be in the United States. In order to debate what should be done about the legal drinking age, it is important to agree…

All of these debates have led to the legal drinking age to be set at 21. This current law is a perfect example of a rule with unrealistic expectations and unintended consequences. The ongoing policy that the United States has in effect punishes the youth who consume alcohol when they are younger than 21 years of age. Young adults are going to drink under the legal age, so why should the United States not lower the drinking age to 18? The legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 because at age…

The Court held that Congress was within constitutional bounds when encouraging consistency in the states’ drinking age. The Court ruled that legislation was aimed at the general welfare and the means they used were reasonable. It was also held by the Court that the 21st Amendment’s restrictions on spending power did not prohibit congressional attempts at achieving…

them. By lowering the legal drinking age to eighteen this would lower the number of underage drinkers. If the age were to be lowered there would actually be fewer minors going on binge drinking sprees.This can help save lives. However, by the drinking age being at twenty-one years old, it has been useless. More benefits would appear if the…

Drinking culture, both in the United States and China, has transformed over generations of time. Dating back to the prohibition, alcohol consumption has played a big role socially in American history. In the United States- due to advertising, availability, and the social norm of drinking- there is a growth in alcohol related problems. The social norm of binge drinking, a major shift in the drinking culture, is geared towards groups and seen largely in college age students. “In the college…

Binge drinking and alcoholism have been a long-time concern in American society. While the government and schools have made great efforts to tackle the alcohol problems by enacting laws and providing education, the situation of dysfunctional alcohol consumption hasn’t been sufficiently improved. In the essay “Drinking Games,” author Malcolm Gladwell proves to the readers that besides the biological attributes of a drinker, the culture that the drinker lives in also influences his or her drinking…

This article is about how parents could have an effect on teenage drinking. Many Australian students have a drinking habit that could’ve been caused by their parents and can most definitely be stopped by the students’ parents. The article talks about how the children aged 12-17 have a drinking habit that could lead to health issues. The main reason of these children getting a drinking habit is from the parents’ bad habits. In the article it says, “With alcohol contributing to four of the top…

when it comes to college drinking. A study done by Neighbors, LaBrie, Hummer, Lewis, Lee, Desai & Larimer (2010) focused on alcohol consumption, perceived drinking norms, and identification to reference groups. Drinks per week was used as a variable in these studies. This was operationally defined by using the mean of the modified Daily Drinking Questionnaire. Perceived descriptive norms were measured using the Drinking Norms Rating Form, which operationally defined drinking norms by using the…

Binge drinking is intricately linked with the American college culture. Many students feel the need to be excessively intoxicated to socialize with peers and colleagues. Since college student usually range from the ages of eighteen to twenty-two years old about half of these students are under age. Thus increasing the “behind door drinking”, which can lead to unsafe and unmonitored consumption of alcohol. Many college students involve themselves in pregaming, drinking before going out to a place…