National Minimum Drinking Age Act

In T.R. Reid's article "Let My Teen Drink", he tries to rationalize that a lower drinking age will teach kids more responsibility. The writer introduces the subject by linking teenage drinking to his personal experience with his daughters who have an easier access to alcohol because in London where he is located, teenage drinking is actually legal. After I read more of this writers main points and analyzed his key subjects, I feel the writer wants his readers to understand that having an easier…

Observing the Ages Of Alcohol Consumption, What Would You Pick? What if teenagers could drink? How would that affect the world we live in today? One of the prime debates going on currently is the argument regarding the minimum age for legally consuming alcohol. Not only is this a large discussion of the past and present, but also will continue to be one of the largest debates of our future. Back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, there was not even an age requirement. According to A&E Networks…

Liquid Regret The legal drinking age should not be lowered in the United States for the safety of all people. There are many negative effects associated with drinking alcohol. The debate of lowering the minimum drinking level is based off of presumptions that younger people can withstand the burdens and responsibilities associated with drinking. Alcohol is dangerous to the consumer, as well as to those around. Whether it be through poor choices such as driving; or making idiotic decisions that…

in the United States, the legal 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…

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…

causes a lot of controversy is raising the legal driving age. In America, teenagers can start driving before they are even able to vote, drink alcohol or smoke. In my opinion, although not every 16-year-old may be a dangerous driver, there are people who don’t take any precautions when driving so, therefore, raising the driving age would put things at ease by making the public a lot safer. There are many advantages of raising the legal driving age. One main advantage would be that raising it,…

"I am more afraid of alcohol than of all the bullets of the enemy." --Stonewall Jackson. The alcohol level should stay at 21, if not raise a few years. 18 year olds are still immature. Many more health complications occur in people under the age of 21 when using alcohol. There isn't as easy of an access to highschoolers and elementary students. The last but not least would be state funding and safe highways. My first point is that most 18 year olds now-a-days are still immature. They are…

Hypothesis: If one believes the liquid from the Fountain of Youth makes people younger, then he will resemble his younger self in mannerisms after drinking it. Rationale: Dr. Heidegger expected to see the results mentioned above because in youth, one lacks the experience and wisdom to judge whether his actions and dispositions are either virtuous or full of vice. Therefore, when the elderly subjects become “younger,” they will forget the lessons they have learned from past mistakes, so they will…

Federalism is a system of government that divides power between a national government and several smaller governments such as state governments (Pearson 78). Historically Federalism falls into four categories dual, cooperative,regulated and new Federalism.Dual federalism is a theory about the proper relationship between government and the states.One fo the primary importance in dual federalism is that the states rights which reserve to the states.The period from 1789 to 1901 has been termed the…

Nowadays all the teenagers are mostly addicted for drinking. One survey reveals that one-third of the college students are bunk their classes and use those time for drinking. And one-fifth of the students are failed due to this reason. Here, in this essay we are discussing about legal age for drinking is to be increased or decreased. At first, government is decided that the legal age for drinking is 18, but due to some consequences it is increased to 21. And now it was increased to 25. But…