Legal education

Let’s Not Go That Low Alcohol consumptions kills nearly 88,000 people annually(NIAAA). These deaths are preventable by not being intoxicating while driving, or not excessively drinking and damaging your body. The drinking age in the United States today is 21 years of age or older, anyone younger than this is breaking the law with some exceptions. Although it has not always been set at this age. Alcohol has had issues with the government for decades. In the 1920’s the government banned the…

Since 1984 the legal age to drink alcohol is 21 years old. The National Minimum drinking age act prohibited people under 21 in the United States to drink alcohol. Before 1984 the legal drinking age was 18 years old. There are many pros and cons to lowering the drinking age. Alcohol poisoning, drunk driving accidents, and stupid actions while being drunk happen to 18 year olds and 21 year olds the same even with the drinking again being 21. Some pros of the minimum drinking age being lowered…

Alex Wells Mrs. Bauch Speech 11 May 2016 How many of you have ever wanted to go to a high school party and have a great time and not get into trouble because of underage drinking. Well, today I?m going to be talking about how we can fix this problem while we have the chance by lowering the drinking age to 18 years old. By lowering the drinking age, the 18 year olds will most likely drink more responsibly, at parties and in resturaunts.. The reason I am here discussing this topic is because I…

More than 5000 teenagers dies every year from car accidents. Driving age should be raised to 21, No one should take their driving license before that. Rising the driving age for having the driving license will help in decreasing the number of car accidents. Teenagers are addicted to their phones and to any kind of technology, they use their phones while driving and they don’t know how dangerous it is on their life and other people life while driving. Because teenagers are not mature enough, May…

Henry Ford, during the early 20th century. Henry Ford is considered one of the most innovative entrepreneurs and industrialists of the industrial age and modern economics. From early on in his career, he was successful with the invention of the Model T - a relatively cheap automobile for the everyday consumer. However, he wanted to be able to make the product better and cheaper. He found that he was able to make machine parts quickly, however the assembly time was slowing down production, and…

The National Minimum Legal Drinking Age Act of 1984 was passed on July 17th of 1984. This act prohibits the consumption, purchase and distribution of alcohol unless one is 21 years of age or older. The United States is one of twelve countries that have a minimum drinking age of 21. To put this into perspective, this beautiful world is home to 190 recognized countries, it seems that either the rest of the world is missing out on something or the opposite is true. The question of whether or not to…

According to Traci L. Toomey, Carolyn Rosenfeld, and Alexander C. Wagenaar in “The Minimum Legal Drinking Age: History, Effectiveness, and Ongoing Debate” from Alcohol Health and Research World, the Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) should stay up at 21 to help prevent alcohol-related problems among youth such as, injury and death, second-hand effects, and health issues. Science is and has contributed to the study of the effect of the MLDA laws. After states lowered the MLDA from 21 in the…

One of the greatest accomplishments as a teenager is receiving our drivers license. Getting this gives us freedom and independence. I know teenage driving has been stereotyped in a negative way, but this is not always the case. I do not think teenagers are the only ones to blame. One reason I am disagreeing on raising the age of which you receive your license is because we need the experience. The earlier we start the more experience we are going to get. The driving program should be…

When it comes to the legal age of a person who wants to consume an alcoholic beverage, the age limit should be raised. There are many factors on why the age limit of drinking should be raised. For instance, when we think about death caused by drinking, we think about it happening to a person who is underage; but that is not the case. Most deaths that happen by someone drinking an alcoholic beverage comes from someone over the age limit of twenty-one years of age. “Studies show that 70% of…

One statistic stated, “The laws have saved an estimated 20,043 lives since states began implementing them in 1975, and they've decreased the number of alcohol-related youth fatalities among drivers by 63% since 1982 ("Arguments for Lowering the Legal Drinking Age Are Not Valid").” What many fail to realize is that an increase in stricter laws have helped immensely to the decrease of accidents. For example, many states outlaw the use of phones while driving. Even on television one can see…