Drinking

Recently, many colleges were faced a lot of criticisms about binge drinking among who agrees and disagrees. Binge drinking is a dialectic problem because some people look at it as a unimportant problem whereas others look at it as a big problem that needs to be solved. Harvard Professor Henry Wechsler, in his article (1997) " Binge Drinking Must be Stopped " discusses that binge drinking is a serious problem that affects college students and some students have died. Wechsler supports his claim…

In 1983, a large percentage of alcohol related car crashes were due to underage drinking. That was a year before the drinking age was changed to 21 and statistics like these drastically changed. The minimum legal drinking age or MLDA was changed to 21 in 1984. It was adopted by all the states to create a safer environment for everyone. This new law cracked down on every problem. Underage drinking on college campuses was one that took a big hit. College students can no longer legally drink which…

I personally think that the drinking age should be lowered to 18. The 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act, [23 U.S.C. § 158], requires that States prohibit persons under 21 years of age from purchasing or publicly possessing alcoholic beverages (APIS - The 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act). There are some excuses to the law. One main Idea about lowering the drinking age is that if you can risk your life for the army or some armed forces, you should be allowed to order a drink. "Support…

National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed through Congress. The legal age to consume and purchase alcohol should be lowered, so it can keep young adults and college students safe. According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, four out of five college students drink alcohol. This clearly shows the majority of students consume alcohol, which leads to getting in trouble with the law, injuring or harming themselves, and even death. By lowering the drinking age to…

Drinking and driving is one of the most dangerous problems which cause many of injuries and deaths. Drinking and driving is considered a serious crime because it kills innocent people. According to Sheetz, who recently wrote an article on drunk driving, many young people guilty of driving while drunk do so after taking “one for the road”(192). When a drunk person makes a decision to sit behind the wheel of an automobile and drive home, he or she endangers many of the innocent people on the road.…

But in all 50 states you cannot be caught with a single drop of alcohol in your system while you are under the age of 21 without serious punishment. Why is this and what is the logic behind it? The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 set in place to enact a minimum drinking age to 21.…

wait 21 years, why not make the drinking age 18 since it used to be 18 until 1995? When they turn 18 they become an adult, where they are told that their life is up to them. They can make your own decisions no matter what the consequences are. Ever since The Uniform Drinking Act, which compelled states to set the legal drinking age at 21 by withholding ten percent of highway funding from…

issues to level out and be seen as the norm. One of these social issues within our community is binge drinking. Binge drinking is the consumption of a large amount of alcohol over a short amount of time. Binge drinking has become more and more popular with Australians of all ages ranging from teens through to adulthood. The social issue I will be focusing on in this essay will be binge drinking within Australian communities focusing on the youth age bracket as this age group are becoming more…

How binge drinking is a public health issue Sexual assaults, dangerous driving, crimes and bad health are often associated with binge drinking. The NIH reported that up to 50% of all sexual assault cases such as rape involve alcohol consumption of either the predator or the victim. predator (NIH, National Institute on Alcohol abuse and Alcoholism.) When an individual is under the influence of alcohol they are less controlled of their bodies, they are less aware of what is happening around them…

Underage drinking is among the most serious of public health problems facing adolescents in the United States (Zhong and Schwartz). In today 's society, people are questioning the legal drinking age. Some wish it should be lower. While others think it is right where it needs to be. Although lowering the age might not sound like a bad idea. But it can be a huge problem in society. Even though some people think if the drinking age were to be lowered sounds like a good idea. Teens are doing it…