Legal drinking age

the 4 countries to have a minimum legal drinking age of 21, the other three being Mongolia, Indonesia, and Peru. We [Affirm/Negate] the resolution Lower the Minimum Legal Drinking Age to 18 years of age We would like to present the following definitions: Drinking is defined to mean drinking alcohol MLDA is defined to mean The legal age in the U.S. that people are allowed to drink alcohol The 3 main contentions we believe affirm/negate this resolution are: The age of adulthood in the U.S. is…

Nelson, 2010). Over the next decade, drinking, alcohol sales, and the number of car accidents involving alcohol increased exponentially for young adults aged 18 to 20 years (Wechsler & Nelson, 2010). In response to the “unintended health consequence” (Wechsler & Nelson, 2010, p. 986) of a lower drinking age, some states opted to restore the minimum legal drinking age (MDLA) back up to 21. In 1984, President Ronald Regan, in an effort to make the drinking age uniform across the United States,…

our first lecture, we are going to discuss lowering the drinking age. Think about this, all of you kids can vote, drive a car, fight for our country, and even fly a plane at age 18, so why shouldn 't you be able to legally drink alcohol? Admittedly, alcohol may cause harmful effects on your body and brain while under the age of 21, but prohibiting the sale of alcohol to responsible young adults causes a huge increase in college campus drinking, raises the…

purpose of this briefing note is to discuss issues created from the debate on whether to change the legal drinking age from 18 to 21, while making suitable recommendations as requested from the Premier. As the legal drinking age is 18 in all of the states and territories in Australia, it has created a negative drinking culture that has communities concerned. The negative culture surrounding drinking has caused movements to form, with the primary goal to change how Australian’s drink and to…

Dropping the legal drinking age. The legal Drinking age was once the age of eighteen, that is until the 1980s when the law was that the drinking age should be risen to twenty-one to diminish the amount of deaths caused by young drunk drivers. It has succeed but it has also driven it to unsupervised parties such as high school parties and fraternity and sorority parties where all age groups have access to alcohol. But in this day and age the amount of deaths cause by drunk driving is not…

not being treated as true adults because they do not have the right to drink. In America, the minimum legal drinking age is 21 which has caused lots of argument about this topic. Because they can put their life on the line for this country, yet they are not able to make their own decisions on drinking alcohol. Despite the minimum legal drinking age being 21, it should be 18 because that is the age when a person truly becomes an adult. Turning 18 makes a person become an adult and if someone is…

Persuasive Speech Outline Introduction 1. The legal drinking age of 21 has been a topic of discussion since it came out. It is a very controversial topic. 2. I found multiple sources for both sides of this argument. In favor of age 21, I found information written by William DeJong and an organization by the title of Choose Responsibly. Information I found against the age limit was written by Dr. Ruth Engs and an organization that goes by the NIAAA, which stands for National Institute on…

of 10th graders, 72% of 12th graders, and 85% of college students have tried alcohol The legal drinking age in the United States is set at twenty-one years of age. I believe that considering twenty-one as the legal age of maturity is ridiculous. Who is to say that just because an individual is twenty-one means that they are mature enough to consume alcohol in a responsible manner? Changing the legal drinking age to eighteen should be enforced. Eighteen year-old individuals can take on many adult…

Option 1: Attain the current legal drinking age at 18 To keep the legal age at 18 would be a viable option due to that there is other aspects rather then increasing the age, that influence a young persons not to drink and drive. A clear example of this is the decrease in young drink drivers over the years is due to laws such as zero tolerance laws, general alcohol safety laws and safety belt laws being brought into place. This decrease can also be seen in Queensland after provisional drivers…

The legal drinking age have always been a controversial subject to speak on.The current requirement of age to drink is as meaningless as a door that leads to nowhere. Many believe the current law is contradictory. The age restriction have also been proven to have no impact on society. The creation of this law have increased needless amounts of convictions due to drinking. Thus, the current legal drinking age should be lowered. Firstly, many citizens believe the current law is contradictory when…