National Industrial Recovery Act

by 1983. However, encouraging news came in 1984, when, confronted by the failure of the 18 year old drinking age, the President Commission on Drunk Driving, along with the support of then President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Uniform Drinking Act (“History Speaks,” 2015) This law required that all states implement 21 as the legal drinking age again (“History Speaks,” 2015). By the year 1988, all states had adopted 21 as the legal drinking age. Since 1988, there are more than 25,000 people…

A group of teenagers are starting high school the next day, and they are nervous they won’t fit in. They consult an older sibling, and he replies, and assuages their fears, by saying that they should drink a couple of beers before school; after all, that;s the cool thing to do. The fourteen year olds listen to the eighteen year old big brother, and they start their high school career with high hopes, fantastic dreams, and horrible hangovers. Flash forward to junior year, AP Exams are coming up…

Mothers Against Drunk Driving advocated for the MLDA of twenty-one in all the states and wanted Congress to act on this proposal quickly. On July 17, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which stated that states that have not raised their legal drinking age to twenty-one, will lose their federal highway funding. By 1987, all fifty states had made their national MLDA to the age of twenty-one (“Choose”). In recent years, many groups — especially college…

Underage drinking is among the most serious of public health problems facing adolescents in the United States (Zhong and Schwartz). In today 's society, people are questioning the legal drinking age. Some wish it should be lower. While others think it is right where it needs to be. Although lowering the age might not sound like a bad idea. But it can be a huge problem in society. Even though some people think if the drinking age were to be lowered sounds like a good idea. Teens are doing it…

Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered? Eighteen, that magical age, everyone has dreamed about turning. The number eighteen is significant in America because it is when teenagers are finally given the chance to show the world they’re responsible young adults. This group is no longer viewed as children in America, but as young adults who can experience the same rights and privileges as other adults. As society keeps growing and changing, the discussion to keep the drinking age at twenty-one or to…

Alcohol Consumption at Eighteen Underage drinking occurs in most parts of the world. In the United States the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) is twenty-one years old. Many argue that it should be lowered to eighteen because they believe that it will lower the rate of accidents and deaths. Lowering the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen years old will keep teenagers from drinking in dangerous environments; it will also urge them to seek appropriate medical attention while under the…

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 started to have coed dorms, which made it easier for men and women to meet, giving them the ideas to have parties in a…

the case, Knowling said, “The focus of the law enforcement was on potential drug trafficking or drug possession, and, in the course of that, it became evident there was underage drinking (which prompted the arrests).” Laws criminalizing contributing acts are designed to protect underage minors and to protect the public, said Knowling, noting individuals who have yet to mature to the legal drinking age are not able to make wise decisions and there is a greater inability to control binge drinking.…

The legal drinking age is 21 in the United states of America. The majority of teens have at least had one alcoholic beverage in their life. Definitely not all of them but most of them have. There is a lot of debates on the legal drinking age. Some people say it should continue to be 21 and some say it should be 18. Since everything else is legal at the age of 18 shouldn’t the drinking age be 18 also? In my opinion the legal drinking age should be 18 and here are all of my reasons why. The…

Laws are carried out for the sole purpose of improving everyday society. Taking this into account, every law that is reformed, is taken into much consideration and is believed to be what is best for the public. Throughout the past couple of years, several debates regarding the minimum drinking age have amounted, thus meaning that this issue is one that cannot be forgotten, instead it should be dealt with immediately. Some might believe that the minimum drinking age should be lowered from 21 to…