Drunk driving in the United States

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    finally legalized in the United States. Most LGBTQ2 people would consider hate crimes the biggest problem facing the community today. Activists have been working for the LGBTQ2 movement long before same-sex marriage was legalized in 2015. Homosexuality had been deemed as a mental illness all over the world for many years, and often had extreme consequences. Activist…

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    not matter what race or color we are, or what hands touch what, it is pointless. With the conclusion Walden draws, we see that Walden does not think as society does. He believes that our nationalities should not keep us apart, but that we are to be united. The food is a symbol in which a gathering occurs. In the inside, Walden would…

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    was the miracle drug. Cannabis is not what you perceive it to be. The American people need to note that there is a change.There 's a revolution. It 's happening before your eyes. As Cannabis cures the life of many, bring millions of dollars to the states you have legalized it. Legalizing Cannabis would solve many of our problems. This is a step into the right direction. As time flies by, people are still going to continue to use Cannabis regardless of whether or not it 's legalized. Cannabis is…

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    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 upon the facts and definition of the issue first, and how different stakeholders are affected. This is where the real debate begins. The drinking age in the United States had gone back and forth between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one. The majority of eighteen year…

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    be in the best interest of the United States to lower the minimum legal drinking age has been debated for decades. Every state has the ability of establishing their individual drinking ages, and all separately have them set at 21. Within the time frame of the late 1960’s and the 1970’s, every state lowered its drinking age to 18. In July of 1982, Ronald Reagan passed the Minimum Drinking Age Act, forcing all states to maintain a minimum drinking age of 21. Each state was still allowed to set…

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    In 2009 there were over 10.8 million underage drinkers in the United States alone (Snyder). Addiction to alcohol affects millions of people in the United States. Many people say once they turn 18 they should be able to do whatever they want because they are adults who can make responsible decisions for themselves. For instance, 18 years old’s are legally able to fight for their country in wartime, cast their ballot in United States elections, register cars under their own name, enter the lottery…

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    The death penalty is a very controversial subject but is critical to discuss because of the rising impact it has in the United States. The death penalty has downfalls including it is biased towards race, jurors, lawyers, it is a violation of medical ethics and “brutalizing society”, it is more expensive than incarcerating a criminal for life, and the saddest fact is 1 in 25 criminals sentenced to death row have been found innocent since 1976. Many have mixed opinions on whether the death penalty…

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    general, emits around 27% of the greenhouse gases in the air. A greenhouse gas is a gas in the atmosphere that causes the heat to be trapped in the ozone layer; trapping the heat can cause global warming. Even if everyone in the world were to stop driving, or drive environmentally friendly vehicles; would it really cause our ozone to return back to normal? Carbon dioxide isn’t the real problem, but it is the emissions of methane, and methane may take less time to absorb…

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    Many people wonder how much sleep they need. According to experts with the National Sleep Foundation, “Children aged six to nine need nine to 11 hours a night,... Teenagers need eight to 10 hours..., Adults aged 18 to 64 need to sleep for seven to nine hours a night,...[and] people over the age of 65, [need] seven and eight hours” (Dillner). People often think that they are okay to sleep too long or not long enough, but studies are finding that such sleep habits can have serious effects on their…

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    years randomly and most of them say that they have thought about drinking because of all the fun it seems in movies (“Alcohol in Movies”). Drinking alcohol isn’t always fun and games sometimes it leads to extreme consequences, such as death from driving and drinking, liver damage, and you could make bad choices. Young teenagers who drink are drinking large amounts of alcohol which can make you feel invincible and may underestimate the dangers of getting behind a wheel (Ogilvie E.1.). Most…

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