Drunk driving in the United States

migrated to the United States in order to create new and better lives for themselves, help their parents as much as possible, and raise a family in which all members are, and stay together: this migration has changed the lives of these people by teaching them to hold down a job, stay out of legal trouble, and save and budget their money. Mexicans of all ages migrate to the United States, for many…

also allowed each state to set its own alcohol consumption laws. Nearer to this change, states kept the drinking ages higher around 21. It wasn’t until the passing of the 26th amendment that lowered voting ages from 21 years of age to 18 years. Soon thereafter states began to lower there MLDA, or minimum legal drinking age. After this the Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 became active. Hanson goes on to explains, “The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required all states to raise their…

self is one of pure transparency and honesty. I can say that in my twenty-four years of living, I could never have foreseen experiences and obstacles I would have had to overcome. Summer of 1998, I traveled for the first time on a plane to the United States. My fathers side of the family had already left the country years prior to get settled and get affairs in order for us who were still back in Haiti. Bright eyed, six year-old from Haiti, I had no idea the plans God had in store for me. See,…

A very well known issue in the United States is underage drinking. Ever since the legal drinking age was raised to 21 in all states, it has become the most researched law in history (Dean-Mooney). Some people believe that lowering the drinking age can help solve this problem, some do not. Every year about 1,100 underage youth die in alcoholrelated car crashes and another 300 in nontraffic alcoholrelated car crashes (Main). The problem is obvious but the solution is not. Many think that lowering…

Juvenile Offenders I believe juvenile offenders should be subjected to the same sentencing guidelines as adults who commit the same crime. My reason being is, pertaining to the proper age of knowing right from wrong. A teenager should have fully grasped the concept of what to do and what not to do through discipline or self experience socially. Although we do mature as we get older, doesn 't that doesn 't mean we should have to take the risk of bad deeds done by a minor, to repeat the same…

Chapter IV. Urban Legends: The Evolution of Folklore Urban legends are stories that have the designation of being ?too strange to be true? but are based in reality. Despite these fables being a touch on the strange side most people that hear them understand them as being true. Through generations these tales seem to happen to our friends, family members, or even distant relatives. Unlike fairy tales which are meant to be cautionary yet fictional, urban legends represent some form of truth. Think…

Binge Drinking: Main Cause of Death in U.S. Binge drinking spiked in the mid-to-late 90s (“Making Sense of the Stats on Binge Drinking”), in 2006 alone it cost the United States $223.5 billion (“Fact Sheets - Binge Drinking”). Some people think binge drinking should be defined as anyone who is overly intoxicated which leads to harmful or destructive behaviors (Hanson). Binge drinking among men is more common than among women (“Fact Sheets - Binge Drinking”), but statistics show 23,000 deaths of…

Gwen was an alcoholic and addicted to Vicodin. She had gone through the cycle of addiction and was ruining her life from the drugs. She is sent to rehab after stealing the limo at her sister’s wedding and crashing it into a building since she was driving drunk. She was given the choice to do jail time or 28 days of rehab and she chose the rehab. While at rehab she had a rough time going through the withdrawal symptoms and following the rule of the rehab. After the first few weeks of rehab, she…

college students during 1997 turned up 11 more fatalities: Three students fell from dormitory windows, one darted into the path of a motorcycle, one fell through a greenhouse roof, another was asphyxiated, and five died in highway crashes. At Frostburg State University, seven students were charged with manslaughter in 1997 in connection with the death of a freshman who guzzled beer and 12 to 14 shots of vodka in two hours at a fraternity party” (Smith). A mistake made several times should not be…

interchangeably and the two types of institutions have many common Characteristics. Jails and detention confine persons awaiting trials, they are in use for short-term detention if a person of care when theirs is facilities shortage. For example, if a person is drunk he gets detained until the person gets sober, jails are also used to detain witness of a crime. And lastly, jails are used for convicted offenders for the short term, usually less than 1 year. Jails are normally run by local…