Legal drinking age

The Dangers of Drinking and Driving Millions of people worldwide drink and drive and say “What’s the harm, I got home safely and no one was hurt?” Yeah you made it home this time, but it only takes one slip up to lose your life. That was not the right decision, when putting those keys in the ignition and driving away after drinking, your not only putting your life in danger, but others that may be in the car with you and other drivers you come across. Alcohol affects you in a way that changes…

"86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime,” stated in the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. With that being said, nearly anybody over the age of 18 has drank or even had a little sip of alcohol in their lifetime illegally. Alcohol affects the central nervous system, cerebral cortex, and the hippocampus provoking some unusually behaviors. It is extremely important for college students nationwide to be aware of the warning…

If you have ever been to the beach before, you know what most people go for. To lay in the sand while soaking up the sun drinking on a cold one while listening to the waves roll. Recently, there has been a problem with drinking alcohol on the beach. The cities feel like it is increasing the risk of crime on the beaches. Crimes like: Sexual Assault, Underage Drinking, Disorderly Conduct and obviously Public Intoxication. It first took place in the spring of 2015, and the most recent banding of…

As a community we all need to understand the affects that drinking can have on college students. To many it is a social activity and to some it is a deadly path to head down. College drinking most of the time isn't just a casual thing, it turns into excessive binge drinking. This excessive drinking not only effects the students, but their schools, families and communities. Binge drinking effects students school, work socialization and even effects their health all in a negative way. Colleges…

Underage Drinking “Teen alcohol use kills 4,700 people each year - that’s more than all illegal drugs combined” (Hingson) more teens are killed by one of the commodities that the most people do. Everyone makes a big deal about how our kids are overdosing on drugs and are doing gateway drugs that will lead to hard drugs, but yet all those combined don 't account for the death toll of alcohol. Why is that? Some would say it is because alcohol is so harmful and abusive to the human body. Others…

Many people would consider 18 the age of transforming into adulthood. The right to vote, buying cigarettes, and getting married are just a few of the many aspects that come along with turning eighteen years old. However, in the United States, drinking alcohol at the age of 18 is considered illegal. According to a 2014 study, the United States is just one of 12 countries whose drinking age is restricted to 21 years and older. Binge drinking, brain development, drunk related crashes, and teenagers…

of drugs in the world, such as, marijuana, heroin, cocaine, LSD, tobacco, alcohol and many more. In a college campus, alcohol is the most commonly used drug (Wechsler, 73). The most problems faced by American students in college are heavy episodic drinking, and is a very serious problem in most, if not all cases (O’Malley 73). Some people do not consider alcohol and tobacco drugs but they most certainly are. In my opinion, if anything is addictive and harmful to your body I do in fact consider…

Roughly 88,000 deaths are caused by excessive alcohol use each year in the United States. Excessive drinking is responsible for 1 and 10 deaths for people 20-60 years of age. This number is far too high and can be potentially reduced. Could it be possible that in America drinking has become so taboo that teens are not learning how to drink responsibly in a safe environment? Teens should be aloud to drink alcoholic beverages in their own homes with their parents consent so they can learn to…

alcohol use in youth. Exposure to billboards, magazines, and broadcast media advertising of alcohol is said to model drinking behavior. It is believed that if a change is to occur in perception of alcohol among college-aged individuals, it must be focused on enacting change on multiple levels of society. This change would therefore lead to less of an ability to justify binge drinking (Wagenaar and Wolfson…

students ages 18 and 22 drank alcohol in the past month compared with 50.6 percent of other persons of the same age” (“College Drinking”). Alcohol abuse misleads the causes of sexual assault. Sexual assault is very common on college campuses due to easy access of alcohol. Too much drinking could lead to destroying a person's inner body parts. In the meantime, college campuses should be more strict enforcing the rules and regulations about drinking. Sexual assault is mainly caused from drinking…