National Minimum Drinking Age Act

religious and cultural reasons, but for some reason the American society views alcohol as a taboo beverage, so much so that they have made the minimum drinking age to twenty-one, the highest minimum drinking age in the world. Alcohol has been used by virtually every culture and continent on earth. According to a study published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, alcohol has been around for at least 6,000 years. Due to the fact that alcohol has been found in almost every…

establish security. A primary example of rights being compromised for security is the Patriot Act, which was established in 2001 after the 9/11 Attacks. The intent of the Act was to detect terrorism more efficiently; however, it invaded liberties such as the right of privacy and the right to Due Process under the Fourteenth Amendment. While our right of privacy is protected, under the overarching concern of national security, certain Due Process and privacy rights are limited in order to fight…

First Legal Drink: A Rhetorical Analysis of “Why America should lower the drinking age” As a high school senior, I was faced with the decision of where I wanted to go for college. I toured multiple universities, and ultimately decided the University of Nebraska at Kearney was the best fit for me. I was so excited to make friends in a new environment, and also to be on my own. Soon, I started to hear the phrase, “You can’t spell drunk without UNK.” Obviously, I was aware of the partying that…

system to promote their ideas and use the legal system to change, what they consider to be, unfair laws (Greenberg, 1994). This social movement was formed to change the laws and attitudes of law enforcement officials, politicians and citizens towards drinking and driving (Locher, 2001, p.237). MADD Canada is advocating to change the Criminal Code of Canada (in regards to drunk driving) and changing the blood alcohol content limit for drivers under 21 years of…

Underage drinking is a problem in the United States. Why do many teenagers drink illegally? What makes teenagers drink and commit outrageous, dangerous activities like drunk driving? What makes a teenager think its okay to break the law? High school and college parties nowadays mostly have alcoholic beverages such as beer and vodka. Most students at these parties are under 21 and if someone at the party were to get into an accident that requires medical attention especially at a high school…

Lowering Minimum Legal Drinking Age Turning 18 is similar to a rite of passage in today’s society, an entirely new world is opened up once someone is 18 years old. People can now make numerous life-altering decisions because they are legally adults, however, drinking alcohol is not one of these new adult decisions available to 18 year olds. Drinking alcohol is just as life changing as smoking a cigarette; the minimum smoking age is only 18, so why is the drinking age 21? People argue that the…

To Drink or Not To Drink: Legality is the Question “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Mark Twain said this, and when it comes to being an adult the legal age is 18 in the United States. However, the legal drinking age is 21 three years older than the legal age of adulthood. Being a legal adult has its perks along with a couple of downsides, however the main factor about becoming an adult is that one in trusted with more privileges and freedoms as long as…

The legal age in the United States of America to purchase and consume alcohol is 21. Before 1984, the legal age to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages was 18 years of age, until the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed through Congress. The legal age to consume and purchase alcohol should be lowered, so it can keep young adults and college students safe. According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, four out of five college students drink alcohol. This…

The minimum legal age for taking alcoholic drinks in the USA is 21 and it has been so since 1984. There were interventions twenty-five years ago, and since then many groups have been trying without success to reduce the age limit for the consumption of alcohol. An initiative known as Amethyst Initiative was signed in the year 2008 by a group of college presidents who were not satisfied with the minimum legal age (Williams et al. 170). There was public awareness conducted to educate the society…

alcohol use in youth. Exposure to billboards, magazines, and broadcast media advertising of alcohol is said to model drinking behavior. It is believed that if a change is to occur in perception of alcohol among college-aged individuals, it must be focused on enacting change on multiple levels of society. This change would therefore lead to less of an ability to justify binge drinking (Wagenaar and Wolfson…