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saw the data that proved how many deaths underage drinking was causing, and they made a well-informed decision to raise the age to twenty-one. With the law, students have an incentive to not break the law, as Wechsler states in an article in the US National Library of Medicine, “Underage students in states with extensive laws restricting underage and high-volume drinking were less likely to drink and to binge drink” (Wechsler). Some students don’t want to risk going to jail for having one…

Whether they were the ones who caused the crash or not, there were more drunk drivers on the road causing more accidents. Alcohol is responsible for many deaths in the United States so it makes no sense to allow people to begin engaging in this dangerous act at a younger age. Alcohol consumption is the third leading cause of death in the United States, while being the leading cause of death for youths and young adults tallying up around 75,000 deaths annually. (Henry and Nelson 986). When…

There is one topic that has been discussed and argued for over a hundred years. The topic that has caused so much controversy is the U.S. drinking age. The drinking age in the U.S. has been changed numerous times since it was put into action. The U.S. use to not have any drinking age and it was just up to the parent’s discretion if their child was allowed to drink or not, but after a while people started getting concerned with the effects alcohol had on people and then the era of…

Should the Legal Drinking Age be Lowered? More than half of United States citizens start drinking by age fourteen. An eighteen-year-old is an adult in the eyes of the law. They are able to vote, buy cigarettes, get married, and serve their country; the latter includes taking on the responsibilities of life and death. However, they are not legally allowed to drink alcohol. There has been much debate as to whether the legal drinking age in the United States should be lowered to eighteen, some…

drinking age is twenty-one. Originally, the drinking age was different depending on what state a person lived in, but that all changed with the Alcohol Beverage Control Act of 1934- States that one must be twenty-one years of age in order to consume, purchase or possess alcohol. Though the drinking age occasionally shifted after this act was passed, today the drinking age remains twenty-one. While there are many who agree with this age-limit, there are also many who believe it should be lowered…

wanted to have the right to vote and to drink as well. They risked their lives in an extremely rough war, so they felt with the capability to have their own responsibility. But in 1984, President R. Reagan signed a law called the “Uniform Drinking Age Act” [23 U.S.C. § 158], which adopted 21 as the legal drinking age (Hanson). Every state was mandated to implement the law within five years…

One bottle. Two shots. Three beers. Four missed assignments. Five tardies. Six detentions. The effects of drinking on a teenager are obvious. The problem with teens drinking is that they are getting the alcohol one way or another. They are going to have access to it anyways, but more precautions should be taken to prevent this from happening so often. Some parents do not see the problem with their children or their children’s friends drinking. There are too many incidents that occur with the…

In 1984 the Minimum Drinking Age Act, also known as MDLA 21, was signed by Ronald Reagan requiring all states to establish a minimum drinking age of 21. The goal of this bill was to reduce the number of drunk driving incidents. Initially traffic fatalities did decline, but those under 21 still continued to drink. This created an “underground” drinking scene where risky and irresponsible decisions occurred that lead to a whole new set of problems. I’m interested in this subject because of the…

burglary, grand larceny, or auto theft. Forty-six were arrested for retail theft or shop lifting, and nine percent were arrested for drug related charges. All of the participants were under the influence at the time of their arrest. According to the National Council (2014) over seventy percent of alcohol related incidents of violence occur inside the person’s home. Out of these only twenty percent involved the use of a weapon other than hands, fists, or feet. The most amount of crimes committed…

For example, the MLDA of 21 is statistically proven to reduce both alcohol related traffic fatalities and crashes. “The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that MLDA 21 decreased the number of fatal traffic accidents for eighteen to twenty-one year olds by 13%.” Also, the minimum legal alcohol intake age of twenty one has saved roughly 27,052 lives from…