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    Liquid Regret The legal drinking age should not be lowered in the United States for the safety of all people. There are many negative effects associated with drinking alcohol. The debate of lowering the minimum drinking level is based off of presumptions that younger people can withstand the burdens and responsibilities associated with drinking. Alcohol is dangerous to the consumer, as well as to those around. Whether it be through poor choices such as driving; or making idiotic decisions that…

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    Drinking ages have been or many years around the world up for debate for many years and across the globe. America’s states alone have changed their drinking age multiple times from 21 to 18, 19, or 20 and now have finally settled on 21 thanks to the passing of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984. However, this has not silenced the underlying grumble of the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) being too high and not without good reason. The current drinking age should be lowered to 18 as…

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    Yuzzi 1 Lauren Yuzzi Mrs.Gallos Eng 3 Sec 1 May 15, 2017 The Drinking Age Should Be Lowered The United States government allows 18 years olds to fight and possibly lose their life for their freedom, but they are not allowed to drink alcohol? “18 is the age of adulthood in the United States, and adults should have the right to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption”(ProCon). It is practically unconstitutional for the government to exert the right to send its youth to death, for a…

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    for the public. Throughout the past couple of years, several debates regarding the minimum drinking age have amounted, thus meaning that this issue is one that cannot be forgotten, instead it should be dealt with immediately. Some might believe that the minimum drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18 years of age. What those few people are not considering is the fact that decades ago, when the drinking age was lowered…

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    The first reason we should not lower the minimum legal drinking age is it would be medically irresponsible. Drinking alcohol at such a young age can do much harm to the body as it is still maturing. According to ProCon.org Headlines, the brain develops until around 20 years of age. The brain 's frontal lobes are very important during adolescence. The brain 's frontal lobes are essential for emotion regulation and having alcohol can interfere with development. Also having alcohol at such a young…

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    “STEP ONE: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol–that our lives had become unmanageable, “said in Alcoholics Anonymous, The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. In the United States our drinking age is 21, but in reality many people drink way before that. The drinking age should definitely not be lowered, but completely illegal for all because of the emotional distress it causes, the body damage it creates, and also the lives of human beings. First off, humans are very emotional. When a…

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    Why I think drinking at eighteen should not be legal. For example, drunk driving would become more common. This shows that, twenty-eight percent of people of the total vehicle deaths are from drunk driving and if you are not old enough to control your drinking habits the drunk driving deaths will rise. This also shows that, The eighteen-year-olds would not think and they would try to fit in with their friends and drink a lot more and will not be able to control their habits of drinking very…

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    turning eighteen years old. However, in the United States, drinking alcohol at the age of 18 is considered illegal. According to a 2014 study, the United States is just one of 12 countries whose drinking age is restricted to 21 years and older. Binge drinking, brain development, drunk related crashes, and teenagers responsibility has caused enormous controversy as to whether this alcohol restriction should be lowered or not. Alcohol drinking restrictions have fluctuated greatly, especially…

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    conflicting message to those who are a part of the underage drinking. Children then grow up thinking that underage drinking isn’t a big deal and is also a fun and “cool” thing to do. A large part of the “cool” factor, some would say, has to do with it being illegal to their age group. The thrill is what makes the drinking more exciting. The law also states that government usually follows majority opinion, and if this is fact, then the drinking age would be lowered seeing that two-thirds of…

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    Currently in the United States, the legal drinking age is twenty-one. Originally, the drinking age was different depending on what state a person lived in, but that all changed with the Alcohol Beverage Control Act of 1934- States that one must be twenty-one years of age in order to consume, purchase or possess alcohol. Though the drinking age occasionally shifted after this act was passed, today the drinking age remains twenty-one. While there are many who agree with this age-limit, there are…

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