Drinking

In her Article, “Lower the Drinking Age Back to 18: We Don 't Have Students Teach Each Other to Drive, Why Is Alcohol Different?” Elizabeth Glass Geltman describes why the legal drinking age should be reduced from 21 to 18. According to Geltman, both students and parents alike feel the frustration of the law; parents aren’t able to lawfully educate their children and students aren’t able to responsibly know their limits. The article comes after one University chose to ban hard liqueur on campus…

Underage drinking is a problem in the United States. Why do many teenagers drink illegally? What makes teenagers drink and commit outrageous, dangerous activities like drunk driving? What makes a teenager think its okay to break the law? High school and college parties nowadays mostly have alcoholic beverages such as beer and vodka. Most students at these parties are under 21 and if someone at the party were to get into an accident that requires medical attention especially at a high school…

I really think the drinking age should be lowered to the age of eighteen. If you think about it, it actually makes a lot of sense. For three main reasons. One, teenagers are going to drink alcohol anyway so we might as well legalize it. Two, people are allowed to vote and fight for our country in the military yet they aren 't allowed to even drink alcohol. So they can go overseas and fight ISIS but wouldn 't be allowed to drink a beer while doing it. Finally, with all the time the police spend…

How has binge drinking affected college life? Social drinking of alcohol during college life has been the norm for over 50 years. In the late 1960’s beer and alcohol vendors were allowed on college campuses to offer students a free drink after the regular class day. With more time on their hands and often away from home, students may feel less responsibility in college. College binge drinking has become rampant over the last 30 years and a part of college culture. The Harvard School of…

each year for underage drinking and driving. The alcohol age should not be lowered to 18, it needs to remain at 21 in order to protect teens from hurting themselves. Many young teens are experiencing the issues of drinking too much, and because of this, underage drinking is a leading public health problem. Some studies show that young people who drink put themselves at risk for potential health problems. About 5,000 people under the age of 21 die because of underage drinking (“Why”). There…

practice safe drinking maturely. If this class is completed and passed by a certain individual, he or she are allowed to consume alcohol at the college in that state. If not, they are to be restricted from doing so. Once attending, an alcohol orientation program is required for students to complete online, and students are regularly screened for signs of alcohol problems at the student health center (Walters 579). Each attendant at the college is also trained to recognize the possibilities of…

million Americans report binge drinking in the past month of February 2018, which is more than forty percent of the total current alcohol users." - Laurie Dhue (Binge drinking is the most common reported issue in North America. This essay will outline how teenagers are affected by binge drinking, how the consumption of alcohol affects the intelligent quotient of a teenager, and how binge drinking can affect the lives of people around the consumer. In conclusion, binge drinking is one very…

minimum legal drinking age or MLDA should stay 21 because, alcohol can cause brain damage, a younger drinking age results in an increase in alcoholism, and most car accidents are alcohol related. Many people believe that when someone is of age to join the army or get married that they should also be able to purchase alcohol. Many people may not realize that this is one of the oldest arguments in the united states. The 18th amendment banned the buying, selling, transporting, and drinking of…

have been several instances in across the U.S. where the police fail to punish minors for drinking under the age. When the police show up at a party where teens are getting drunk they have been known to respond to the situation by taking the alcohol and making their parents pick them up. Nothing goes on the person who provides the alcohol or the minor’s record; both groups are simply given a warning. The drinking law is a commonly ignored law by young adults, parents, and even law enforcement.…

The current drinking age in the US which is twenty one is a proper fit to the current US society. President Reagan addressed all the issues in the society regarding the use of alcohol when he formulated the “National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984” and he was very right. The act was crafted keeping in mind that the human brain is not fully developed until the age of twenty one. The use of alcohol at a lower age could be detrimental to one’s life and the path one chooses would be enough to ruin…