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    18 vs. 21: Drinking Age

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    do people only want to change the drinking age from 21 to 18, when there are other activities that have limit of age such as marriage at 18, driving at 16 and 35 to be a president? Alcohol plays a major role in today society, which becomes a controversial issue among teens. Alcohol is a mind-altering chemical that is potentially more dangerous than any other drug and can be very destructive. For past few years, many people are trying to lower the drinking age without knowing the negative effects

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    Drinking has become a part of every “young adult's” life. It has even taken a toll some. Turning 21 is something that every person is waiting on. You can buy your own alcohol but the main point is are you mature enough, can you control your alcohol can you afford all the risk that comes with it? Just because you turn 21 does not mean you should be able to buy your own alcohol. Increasing the age to buy alcohol should be in consideration and here is why. Turning 21 is the best thing that could ever

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    The Drinking Age Should Not Be Lowered Essay

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    handing drinks to me and my sister. It was not my first time drinking. In fact, everyone there was quite experienced – after all, it’s college. Half of the guests were completely drunk, and I had no problem with it. That is, until later that night when my sister locked herself in a room with a guy she had met only a week before. This prompted me to seriously consider the effects of

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    The Legal Age for Drinking Alcohol Should Not Be Lowered To 18 In the United States. Every state has the right to set its own legal drinking age. However, according to George Will in an article he wrote in the Washington Post about the legal drinking age, “drinking age paradox” “lowering the drinking age will cost the state ten percent of its federal highway funds and cause a significant uproar from contractors and construction unions.” It is therefore in the best interest of every citizen as well

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    made for drinking. Ethanol, a specific type of alcohol, is used for many household items, such as, cleaning supplies or medicines but is highly poisonous and therefore not used in many other items. More commonly, alcohol is known for being used in drinks for those over the age of twenty one. After many debates, the argument “Should the drinking age be lowered?”, is still one of the most widely controversial topics. Many think the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen or even to the age of sixteen

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    MLDA of 21, claims that this law is causing young adults to be in danger from the increase in binge drinking, and it is not an effective law. The current MLDA is causing higher death and serious injuries for young adults, especially students who binge drink at the sororities and fraternity parties. When an accident happens they are afraid to call and report that accident because they are drinking illegally. Young adult students try as much as they can, not to mess with their legal records, Michael

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    At eighteen years of age a teenager becomes an adult. They can choose to move out of their parents home, vote, marry, joining the military and buy tobacco and lottery tickets, but it isn’t illegal to purchase alcohol. However, in twenty-nine states it is legal to consume alcohol at eighteen, but not to purchase alcohol. Becoming an adult has many responsibilities; therefore, citizens should be able to drink at eighteen. The United States should lower the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen because

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    whether the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen like most of the world or if it should stay at twenty-one. Underage drinking has been a major controversial issue for years, yet why is it not under control? Teenagers are continuing to buy alcohol with fake identification cards, drink, get into bars, and drink illegally. As a teen I have proof that these things are going on not only in college but in high school as well. There are a lot of factors that come together to why the drinking age should

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    “The health board says some U.S. studies show that country’s legal drinking age of 21 leads to fewer crashes.” (Should we raise the drinking age to 21? (n.d.). Retrieved March 21, 2017, from https://canadasafetycouncil.org/news/should-we-raise-drinking-age-21.). Underage drinking is a serious issue in Canada and if the legal drinking age is increased from 19 to 21 there will be fewer accidents to deal with. The legal drinking age in Canada should be increased to 21 years old because teenagers will

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    The age-old question that is debated by most teens and adults in the United States, is whether or not the legal age for drinking should be raised or decreased. From a teen’s point of view, they typically think the legal age should be reduced from 21 to 18, while on the other hand, most adults think it should stay the same or even be raised higher. The age has fluctuated over the years, even before 1984 each state got to choose their own drinking age, but with that if the state didn’t comply with

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