Persuasive Essay On Banning Alcohol

Although there are many commercials, ads, documentaries, seminars, etc. on the reasons why people should never drink and drive, you would be surprised how many people still get behind the wheel after having had more than just a drink or two. We might not realize it but every day, about 28 people in the United States die in car crashes that involve a drunk driver. This equals to one death every 51 minutes! It’s so sad because these statistics could be way better if people had a well thought out plan prior to going out drinking. There has been research found relating to Drinking and Driving Behaviors since this topic is now becoming more of an issue in this generation than it was in the past. For instance, Schell, Chan, and Morral (2006), found that some people who have a DUI record tend to have pretty high expectations of themselves even after having some drinks in their system (e.g., “I feel more relaxed when drinking"), so with that being said those people with higher confidence were the ones more likely to be engaged in drinking and driving activity. While intoxicated, we often don’t consider any negative consequences that can happen to us but as you’ll see on the news, on social media, in the newspapers, etc. driving while under the influence can be very dangerous and even fatal.

What is prohibition? Prohibition is the prevention, by law, of the manufacture and sale of most forms of alcohol. By 1830, Americans over the age of 15 consumed on average 88 bottles of whiskey per year. Prohibition was first tried in 1851. It was repealed several years later after opposition and riots. Along the way, one leader who had attempted to enforce prohibition in the 1830’s, was a woman named Carry Nation. She was part of a group called the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. She would guide a group of women dry crusaders to attack private property and destroy items within bars and saloons. She attacked using her trademarked hatchet and while carrying the Bible. Others citizens formed, in 1893, the Anti-Saloon League. They would remind legislators and other officials that opposing their organizations agenda, based on the law, was a risk to their career.

There is a problem in the controversy of whether or not twenty-one is the appropriate legal drinking age. Many state that they believe it should be higher, but I feel that it should be lowered to eighteen. Underage drinking has been a controversial issue for years but it is still not under control. Teens keep trying to buy alcohol with fake identification cards, drink, get into bars, and drink illegally. Some sneak into twenty-one and up areas. As a teen myself, I have seen that these things are happening right now in the world. Not only in college but in high school it was happening as well. There are a lot of facts that help reason with why the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen; the most obvious reason is too many people are drinking before they are twenty-one. Some liquor stores, bars, and clubs all want to make money and if they can get away with selling to underage teens then they will and don’t care. It is clear that the law has not been working in preventing undreage teens from drinking.

Currently in the United States the age you must be to consume or purchase alcohol is twenty one years old. Considering that, as of the age of eighteen, you are considered an adult. If you are considered a legal adult by people around the world, then you should be treated as one and be able to take on all the responsibilities no matter the circumstances. The legal drinking age in the United States should be lowered to give more responsibilities to young adults and decrease the rate of underage drinking.

Almost everyone can agree that alcohol should not be given or allowed to children or young adults under a certain age. Alcohol is a substance that is very dangerous and if you used incorrectly or immaturely the consequences can be great danger to the users or the ones around them. The topic of lowering the drinking age has been in discussion for many decades. “Between 1970 and 1976, 29 states lowered their age for drinking alcohol. The results were catastrophic. Highway deaths among teenagers and young adults skyrocketed. Almost immediately, states began raising the minimum drinking age again.” “In 1984, Congress passed the Uniform Drinking Age Act, which required states to have a minimum drinking age of 21 for all types of alcohol

In the United States today many teens have the problem of underage drinking. Whether they do it to look cool or to have fun, it is an enormous problem. In fact, one our four teens state that the would ride with a driver that is intoxicated (“Underage Drinking”). This shows that teenagers and not only irresponsible with alcohol, but also uniformed of the serious consequences. Although the rates of underage drinking have dropped within time, there are still ways to lower these rates more (Klass). With much research and problem solving, I have come up with three different ways to lessen the issue of underage drinking. The three options I focused my research on was changing the way colleges teach, lowering the drinking age, and informing

I am aware that alcohol is banned in many dorms, and underage drinking is completely illegal on and off campus. NC State has these policies in order to keep students and community safe. The policies are enacted and enforced to maintain a healthy and safe environment on NC State’s campus. This incident goes against NC State’s policies because I was an underage and drinking, and also had alcohol in a dorm that prohibits alcohol. My incident created a situation where students and the community were unsafe because of my actions.

In the united states underage drinking is becoming an issue by teens dieing with alcohol being related. As a teenager, you are either curious to drink alcohol and see what happens when you drink. Also teens may be pressured by others to drink alcohol and mo]st of them drink it to fit in the crowd. Teenagers drink even though they know the effects can be very harmful. Underage drinking can result in domestic violence and many others. When teenagers drink most of them don't know how much their body can take and how bad alcohol affects them. Most teens are binge drinkers which means the consumption of an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time. Underage drinking is a problem not only on Kauai but the whole United States. We need to fix this problem by raising awareness to all teens and let them know all the dangers that alcohol brings. Also our elders need to show teenagers all the negative effects that can happen while under the influence of alcohol. Underage drinking is a problem and it needs to be stopped

Underage drinking is one of the largest problems that we have in the United States. This is a problem because alcohol is an item that nobody under twenty-one years of age is allowed to purchase or consume. People who are underage are punished by law when they consume or attempt to purchase alcohol illegally. This makes people under twenty-one want alcohol even more. In other countries where the drinking age is lower, there are less problems because it gives parents the push to teach their children how to drink responsibly. If at eighteen years old, someone can go to war and vote for the future of our country, why not lower the legal drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen years old? Lowering the drinking age would not only lower the rate

There is a nationwide underaged drinking problem in the United States. It’s reported that some teens start drinking as early as eight grade. This issue can be solved either by parents who inform their children on drinking or by increasing taxes on alcoholic drinks. Increasing taxes on an alcoholic beverage may help prevent underaged drinking more than parents could do themselves because not all parents may want to deal with their kids the way a parent should. In the article,“The Problem of Underage Drinking and What Parents Can Do” by Heidi Stevens, she claims teens that want to try new things or are experiencing “peer pressure or stress” try alcohol without knowing the risks that alcohol can have on them (Stevens

In this day and age, when it comes to alcohol consumption and laws of alcohol use in countries around the world, many people debate about whether the legal drinking age should be raised, lowered, or stay the same. What about a society where alcohol would be illegal?? Well, when it comes to the sheer number of deaths that occur from drunk driving alone, you’d end up agreeing with it. To add to this, addiction is always a risk to be taken into consideration, because it leads to alcohol poisoning, eventually causing death. All in all, alcohol is something that is just as addictive as any other drug, and should it be treated as an illegal drug as well. The following are just some of the many reasons why this should be so.

When alcohol is present, people enjoy it whether it is out having a good time with others or alone in the comfort of their own home. In contrast, people abuse alcohol to numb pain or emotion they are feeling at that moment. People portray they know their limit when it comes to alcohol, and think that after a couple of drinks they are fine to drive, which they are not. Drinking and driving is against the law, and it is the cause of more car accidents or deaths in today’s time period. If people are involved in a drunk driving accident, more times or not the survivors are those who drank rather than those who did not. The photograph I observed is an ad by Toyota; there are three handicap parking spaces with handicap symbols doing something different. The stick figured person remains the same sitting position, but there are small changes in the setting in each parking spot. With the images as handicap parking spots sets the tone of the seriousness of drinking and driving because people who do such a thing result in injuring innocent people whose lifestyle will change temporarily or permanently. Accidents are not planned, but they are preventable. People blame alcohol for unrecalled actions they did, or choices they made. A careless decision of drinking and driving will lead to consequences such as a DUI, death, or becoming handicap. Instead of taking the initiative to drive after consuming alcohol, people to plan ahead of time to get to the next destination, rather than put themselves and others in danger.

“About 7.7 million Americans between ages 12-20 report current alcohol consumption; this represents nearly 20% of this age group for whom alcohol consumption is illegal. Among 12-20 year olds, reported rates of past month consumption, binge drinking and heavy alcohol all declined between 2006 and 2015” (2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health). Underage drinking is a serious problem in society. Minors think it is “cool” to go to parties and drink with friends. The consequences of doing so do not cross a minor’s mind until it is too late. Peer pressure, modeling parents’ behavior, and curiosity all lead to underage drinking.

One of the major problems facing America 's youth today is underaged drinking. This is simply defined as the consumption of any commercial alcoholic beverage while under the legal age restriction of twenty one. A solution is in dire need, as the problem causes exponential harm to many teen’s health. Underaged drinking has been the underlying cause of numerous fatalities over the past several decades. These fatalities occur from the following: inexperienced driving under the influence, alcohol poisoning, self hurt, and physical altercations between people. This occurs often among high school students “By their senior year, 64 percent of high

When people think about alcohol, they think about a strong colorless volatile flammable liquid that is the intoxicating constituent of wine, beer, spirits, and other drinks. I strongly oppose the use of this beverage because this can be a very dangerous beverage to teenagers and adults. Alcohol has caused a lot of problems in the economy, and if people continue to misuse alcohol the number of deaths from alcohol will increase instead of decreasing. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics in 2011, the amount of 9,878 people died in drunk driving crashes, one every 53 minutes. Alcohol should be banned because alcohol is a really dangerous beverage which has brought a lot of sorrow and tragic stories