Legal drinking age

on social media is 3 times more likely to use alcohol than a teen who has not seen such content. However, there is another side to this argument that adolescent drinking has always been a serious problem since before the digital media age. On the other hand, teens use social media now more than ever exposing them to adolescent drinking. Social media has influenced teenagers into using alcohol more prominently and this affects teens’ lives in different ways. Given that social media is…

Drinking Age I believe that the drinking age of twenty one is appropriate and should remain as is, for these reasons. At that age, the drinker is more responsible and is less likely to be reckless than an underage drinker, their brain is still developing and consuming alcohol at a young age can be a serious problem, and even though eighteen year olds have the right to vote, get married and serve in the military, they are not able to drink due to military standards. When it comes to drinking,…

drink? What gives the government the right to determine the drinking age? Alcohol is a very strong and deadly substance if used poorly, but in moderation alcohol can be a healthy addition to a daily diet. Teens should be able to buy alcohol at 18 but their parents should set the age at which they can drink, not the government. In order to determine if underage drink is a problem in our country we first have to determine the drinking age. If a “ young American can vote, marry, enter contracts…

The motivation of this paper is estimate the effects of the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) on alcohol consumption and mortality. This paper will utilize data from the National Health Interview Sample Adult Files 1997-2007. Two methods including the sharp regression discontinuity design as well as an instrumental variable (IV) variable approach will be used to estimate the magnitude of the MLDA. In the regression discontinuity design, there is a reduction in consumption of alcohol by 9.2…

binge drinking even though the drinking age is set at 21, the highest drinking age compared to other countries. Opponents of the current drinking age argue that setting the drinking age at 21 is creating a “forbidden fruit syndrome” while proponents of the current drinking age argue that it helps to reduce accidents that are alcohol related and traffic fatalities while at the same time it helps to prevent teenagers from accessing alcoholic beverages (Cary). Several countries have their drinking…

Self- consciousness can affect the way peoples' life and can cause people to drink more than usual. The Pigman, by Paul Zindel is a book that has a boy named John and he drinks and he is still underage. So, he should not be drinking. He drinks because he gets no attention at his house; his parent yell at him all the time and do not care that he drinks. He is similar to all other Americans because people that do not have their parents to guide them in the correct way are more likely to drink…

Drinking may not be the flashiest activity to some, but it is often seen as a way to “prove” your matureness and/or you being an adult. However, the United States government recognizes that a person becomes an adult at the age of eighteen. Enabling those of that age to vote, buy lottery tickets, buy cigarettes, sign up for the military, gamble, buy a car, take out a loan, rent an apartment, pay their own taxes, be recognized as independent from their parents, and so on. On the contrary, alcohol…

driving crash. From the ages of sixteen through nineteen the risk of vehicle crashes is substantially higher. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among fifteen to twenty year olds, according to the National Center for health Statistics. You are at risk every time you step into a vehicle that risk automatically doubles when you decide to drive under the influence, distracted by texting while driving, or just going way above the posted speed limit. Drinking while driving is a…

Bibliography: Should the drinking age be lowered to 18? "Drinking While Young." State Legislatures 34.6 (2008): 11. Health Reference Center Academic. Web. 2 Nov. 2015. . This article, although short, contains very important information. Drinking under the age of 21 is obviously illegal, and as a result it leads teens to drink in private due to the fact that they are not allowed to drink publicly. The problem with this is that drinking in private often leads to heavy drinking, which has…

had gender segregation, Greek life allowed men and women to come together for drinking activities in private off-campus houses. When “Animal House” and “Saturday Night Live” was released in 1978, most states still had a legal drinking age that was under the age of 21. Parties began to evolve and imitate the ones shown on the screen. In 1984, when the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed, the underaged drinking rates increased. Partying was still prevalent on college campuses. Colleges…