Legal drinking age

(South Dakota) -Main Arguments: South Dakota allows people 19 or older to be able to purchase beer that has up to 3.2% alcohol The Secretary of Transportation would take away 5% of the state’s highway fundings if the state didn’t make their legal drinking age 21. South Dakota said violates the constitutional limitations on congressional exercise of the spending power and violates the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution Skelton, Chris. "South Dakota v. Dole, 483 U.S. 203…

Gallos English III 3/27/18 What is the best way to prevent deaths from drinking and driving? Did you know that drunk driving takes the lives of about 10,000 kids or adults per year? That’s almost 29 people a day.(Drunk Driving 1) It is also surprising to find out most of the people getting into accidents while intoxicated are kids under the age of 21 and not people that are over the age of 21. There are laws that prohibit drinking and driving, in the state of North Carolina if you are…

restrictions on its consumption, specifically for people under the age of twenty-one.The United States needs to lower the current drinking age because its people need to understand the effects alcohol has on their body, to moderate the amount of alcohol consumed and prevent problems like binging in places…

does fully developed even mean? Maturity is shown in many different ways, one possibly being age. It is like in our society there was something wired in our brains telling us that the more years you have lived the more mature you are. Could it be that once you have turned 21 your fully mature/developed? How can one decide without having a preconceived judgement. For example, in America the legal drinking age is 21 but in Australia the…

stage, is drinking alone or secretly on a regular basis. As it progresses, the symptoms become worse. For example, forgetting, irritability and seclusion from the things that originally kept them content and occupied. Sometimes, these symptoms happen over a series of time and may be extremely difficult to discern. In addition, binge drinking, is another indication of alcoholism.…

person. They are also highly popular in teens and young adults. Hoping it will keep them awake during the day. Energy Drinks are easy to find any store has them and there a popular drink amongst teens and young adults. Energy Drinks are consumed by drinking them hence the word drink in its name. Energy Drinks on average coast about 3 to 6 dollars depending on what you get. People consume Energy Drinks because they believe it helps them stay awake, but after a while your body will just be even…

Underage Drinking In Iowa Drinking holds host to several deaths every single year and happens to be the leading cause of death for U.S. teens. Drinking also causes serious health problems and can trigger negative conditions such as depression, suicidal thoughts, lower inhibitions which can gateway into even worse circumstances, and most devastatingly it causes death to innocent lives due to drunk driving. Underage drinking is a very profound problem that exists amongst adolescents which can…

Motor vehicle crashes has been one of the main cause of death for the people in the United States. Also 60% of deaths among passenger vehicle occupants ages 16-19 were the drivers. This shows that more than half of the vehicle crashes are caused by teenagers. Increasing the driving age will prevent all these crashes. The legal minimum age to get a driver license in the United States should be increase to 21. Teen drivers in the United States are causing too many accidents to happen. Having a…

contrast, where it 's banned until age 21, there 's something of the 'forbidden fruit ' syndrome." Others can simply agree with this because when you take away something and say it’s bad of course teenagers are going to want to do it even more. If you give them little doses of it at a time and let them do it around parental supervision do you think that they are less likely to have the same outcome as to when they are off somewhere alone with their other minors drinking? When you mix one drunk…

trying to help solve this issue, it will continue to get worse with the growing population and number of people reaching the age of 21, allowing them to drink alcohol. People who commit first offenses, are likely to become repeat offenders which creates an even larger problem, because that not only involves…