National Minimum Drinking Age Act

their children abusing alcohol. This guide gives you the knowledge you need to bring you up to date on the latest information and laws regarding underage drinking, providing an honest examination of the issues as well as some tools to take action. In addition, this guide not only suggests ways to talk with your child about responsible drinking, but can also be used to start a conversation about drugs, sex, and other topics adolescents face. Remember, communication is key. We want to make sure…

occurred with underage drinking. The number of teens who have been drinking has increased dramatically in the past couple years. This is a huge problem because drinking can cause health risks and can cause teens to get into deadly situations. Underage drinking usually happens when teens are unsupervised, under peer pressure,or even when parents let their children. These are just some reasons why underage drinking is becoming a problem. One of my solutions to stop underage drinking is to educate…

Underage drinking has been going on for years, but it time to put a stop to it. As administrators, parents, and a community we should create an ongoing campaign. The campaign should focus on addressing high school and college campus children. This campaign should eventually help to decrease the number of underage drinking statistics. To address the underage drinking problem, it is going to be important to make sure students are educated and understand the negative effects alcohol will have on…

In the article "Let My Teenager Drink" by T.R Reid, he explains from the perspective of a father of two teenage daughters who can safely and legally drink as teenagers and expressing that the United States is in the wrong for having the national drinking age be 21 and above. Furthermore, he brings to light how the problem is in the law itself; causing teenagers to disobey and drink illegally and where no one is aware. Not only do teens find more dangerous and unhealthy ways to acquire alcohol…

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…

that underage individuals (less than 21 years of age) were possessing and/or consuming alcoholic beverages on you party during this time. “It is also clear and undisputed that you were not…

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…

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 18 years of age. What those few people are not considering is the fact that decades ago, when the drinking age was lowered…

good point “ Learning how to drink responsibly is a basic lesson in growing up--as it is in wine-drinking France or in Germany, with its family-oriented beer garden festivals.” Which I couldn't agree more it is important to learn to drink responsibly but lifting this law will it really make that. One thing that is never done throughout this whole argument is she never touches on the cons of doing this act. Yes we will have the people that will use this responsibly but we also have the many that…

Chapter #12 Serving Alcohol Liability Scenario #1: Suzie, the Badlands Bar, and John Sulliovan While most of the states enforce injured people; who were injured by an intoxicated individual, to file against the commercial bar or restaurant who sold the alcohol, the circumstances point that the bar exercised reasonable care. As a consequence, John Sullivan has no case against the Badlands Bar, considering that the bartender requested her identification, which indicates that she was…