National Minimum Drinking Age Act

should not be able to drive at the age of sixteen. It can put their lives and other’s lives at risk. There are a lot of reasons why teens should not be able to drive at such a young age; there are many ways they could get hurt. They could get in a car crash and suffer injuries such as brain damage, or paralysis. Since their brain is not developed, this damage could be permanent. The legal driving age for teenagers should be raised. Raising the legal driving age can save many lives. “In 2007,…

The Drinking Age of Eighteen In the prohibition era, the MLDA, minimum legal drinking age, was set to twenty-one voluntarily in forty states. However, between the 1960s and 1970s, some states reduced their drinking age due to the new voting age and military enlistment (“MADD”). Many of the members of the society have contemplated on the issue of reducing the current drinking age of twenty-one to eighteen. This idea has been a controversial idea for years. The participants of this society have…

Of the 190 countries, 61% have a drinking age of 18 or 19 years old (Drinking Age ProCon.Org). The United States is one of only 12 countries that has a MLDA of 21. It’s hard to think that in the land of the free, when you’re 18 years-old you can serve your country and vote, yet you can’t have a sip of alcohol. We tell teens it’s time to grow up, move out of the house, choose your career, and know exactly what you want to do with your life when you turn eighteen; but they aren’t grown up enough…

Temperance Movement was organized around the 1820s, during the 19th and 20th centuries determined to promote the moderation or outlaw the consumption and distribution of alcoholic beverages. At the time, the average American was around 15 years of age and would consume up to seven gallons of alcohol a year. With this abuse of alcohol, came the aggression of many men, which women had few rights to protect themselves from, or were able to support themselves. During the early 19th century, people…

Some people believe the drinking age requirement should be lowered which would be very irresponsible.The requirement age is currently at 21. The drinking age should be not lowered and should stay at the age it is at now. Kids under the age of 21 have no business drinking because most people under the age requirement most likely has not finished college yet and should be focusing their time on their studies. There are not many pros to lowering the drinking age, but the pros to keeping the…

the age of twenty-one or older is legally allowed to consume alcohol. There are many arguments whether this law should be changed to a lower age, preferably eighteen, or raised to an age somewhere around twenty-five. When the hardcore facts concerning this substance are thoroughly examined and thought over, one would see there is only one answer to this dispute. The United States has many problems concerning alcohol and younger people in today’s society; therefore, the legal drinking age…

Advertisements do not directly reflected teen culture. What it does is influence it, then it becomes a reflection of what teen culture is for a short time. This can be bad and sometimes good. Censoring it would take away the right to freedom of speech but on the other hand some is the things advertisements get people to buy can be harmful to them and sometimes other. So it really depends on what they are selling if it should be censored or not. So only some companies should eb able to target…

the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen like most other countries or if it should stay at twenty-one. Teenagers are continuing to buy alcohol with fake ID, get into bars, and drink illegally. I can recall numerous times when I was a teen getting into bars, buying alcohol and partying. Although, I never possessed a fake ID, there were always people who were willing to take the risk of buying alcohol for a minor. I believe the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen because at the age of…

Drinking may not be the flashiest activity to some, but it is often seen as a way to “prove” your matureness and/or you being an adult. However, the United States government recognizes that a person becomes an adult at the age of eighteen. Enabling those of that age to vote, buy lottery tickets, buy cigarettes, sign up for the military, gamble, buy a car, take out a loan, rent an apartment, pay their own taxes, be recognized as independent from their parents, and so on. On the contrary, alcohol…

reason would be a short distance from one place to another. (HG.org Legal Resouces) Seat belts are effective. They are the number one defense against a crash or accident. Approximately nineteen percent of drivers nationwide don’t use seat belts. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that from 1975 through 2005, seat belts saved more than 211,000 lives. (Gerdes, Lousie) Wearing a seatbelt is not only the smart thing to do, but the right thing to…