Drinking

Raising Drinking Age Have you ever thought what the world would be like if the drinking age was raised to 25? For me, I know it would be a great thing to do. People who are alcoholics probably won’t be happy but it isn’t really about them but it’s more about the safety of this world. According to a recent report, 63% of people that are aged around 18-24 say the drink to get drunk and 35% say that the aren’t able to stop drinking once they have started. One reason to raise the drinking age…

now large cooperation’s are trying to privatize our drinking water. Above, I have provided images that will help with identify the main point within the essay “Blue Gold” by Jim Hightower. Not only does he explain the crisis of the world’s water, but he also sheds light on how companies are taking advantage of this current issue. How individuals acquire their water today has completely changed from the past. What we may think as us just drinking water is something totally different now. You…

The legal drinking age should remain at age twenty-one for several reasons. Many of these reasons are for safety. If people start drinking at a young age it can cause brain damage. Many people are aware that drinking below the age of twenty-one can cause brain damage. In fact, 74% of Americans would vote against lowering the drinking age (Engel). It’s still dangerous for anyone to drink alcohol, whether twenty-one or not. The brain is still forming until the mid-twenties (Beacon). With the…

of every high schoolers’ minds. Our culture around drinking and partying is not getting any better, no matter the age limit. Anyone who has an intense desire to drink will find a way to access alcohol, no matter their age. A combination of certain emotions and an addictive personality will result in alcoholism. Most people begin to binge drink when they are unhappy with themselves, or something they may have chosen to do in their past. This drinking culture is plaguing people everywhere and…

the Minimum Drinking Age: A Four-State Study). The legal drinking age should be lowered to about 18 or young adults allowed to drink in controlled environments such as restaurants, taverns, pubs and official school and university functions. Currently, too much time, effort, and money is being put into making sure that kids below 21 aren’t drinking and at the same time, a majority of adults are assuming that…

thousand people under twenty-one years old die each year as a result of injuries caused by underage drinking, including 1,900 injuries from motor vehicle crashes (Underage Alcohol). In addition, the earlier a person begins alcohol use, the greater the chances are of that person becoming an alcoholic, suffering from withdrawal symptoms, and harming the brain during its development (Underage Drinking). The drinking age is set to twenty-one because research shows that young people react differently…

consuming enough water is important for the body. IMPORTANCE to AUDIENCE: Certain health diseases that we acquired are caused due to insufficient amount of water in the body. This speech will inform you how drinking the right amount of water will benefit the body. THESIS STATEMENT: Drinking enough water each day can protect the body from certain damage. PREVIEW: I will discuss the benefits of water, how important it is to consume, and certain diseases it may prevent. (Transition:…

Since raising the age of drinking in the mid-1980s to 21, many national debates and discussions have been taking place about lowering it again to age 18. Advocates who are for reducing the drinking age from 21 to 18 again usually use common weak arguments. Some experts even believe that not lowering the drinking age does not stop teens from drinking; it may increase the extreme drinking or would drive teens to still drink underground or behind closed doors. However, most of those arguments or…

get punished for it by the law. Police officers could walk through a party and not have to arrest anyone for drinking. The only thing the officers had to check was any disturbances or fights that might have been going on. President Ronald Reagan changed all that when he passed the Federal Uniform Drinking Age act of 1984 which increased the age to twenty-one (EDITORIAL: Lowering the drinking age worth debate). Since then, there has been large debate over whether or not it should be changed back…

structure for regulating safe drinking water. The goal with this act was to regulate the amount of pollution that was discharged into the waters. In 1948, Congress passed Federal Water Pollution Control Act which later expanded into what is now the Clean Water Act. It is quite obvious that the government has been putting a decent effort into providing safe drinking water for the citizens. If the government is making an effort then why is there still unsafe drinking water in parts of the country?…