Amethyst Initiative

“We can’t stop kids from drinking, so why don’t we just lower the drinking age back down to 18? They are adults for all other purposes. Eighteen year-olds can vote, smoke, marry, pay taxes, take out loans, hold public office, serve on a jury and fight for their country, so what’s the big deal? Let’s stop spending all this tax money and law enforcement officer time fighting a losing battle!”(https://4prevention.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/the-top-five-reasons-we-should-keep-the-drinking-age-at-21/ )

Introduction For many years, underage drinking in America has been a very controversial topic. However, because of the many discrepancies that some US state representatives have added to the federal underage law, this subject will hardly be solved or going away, anytime soon. Proponents argue “The current underage drinking law of 21, has not stopped teen drinking, and has instead pushed underage binge drinking into private and less controlled environments, leading to more health and life-endangering

Curiosity to appear more grown up may be the reason why most adolescents take their first drink of an alcoholic beverage. The ability to seen more grown up can intensify drinking at a younger age. Consequently, as alcohol is seen as the “Forbidden Fruit,” it encourages the want to drink for people under the age of twenty-one. The use of alcohol by adolescents is widely viewed as disobedience in American society. Although, alcohol use is technically illegal until the age of twenty-one (in 19

Lawmakers should not consider lowering the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen. Despite the deep value this country places on freedom, personal liberties, and personal responsibilities, the data shows that public safety is greatly at risk if the drinking age were to be lowered to twenty-one. A variety of groups believe that the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen deeming that the twenty-one law is unconstitutional. On the opposing side, people agree that the law helps to protect our

A very controversial argument amongst Americans is determining that the current legal drinking age which is 21 should be lowered to eighteen or not. Researching the following propaganda made me understand the dangers to the youth and people in America if the drinking age were to lower. Therefore i will argue with whoever disagrees with me that the drinking age should be lowered. I'd like to explain six reasons to why the drinking age should not be lowered beginning with the strongest reasons.

Prohibiting nightclubs from admitting people under age twenty-one will take some weight off of parents, club owners, drivers and innocent bystanders. With the economy sinking, many owners are making what they believe a wise financial decision by allowing eighteen to twenty year olds in their clubs. They are mixing eighteen to twenty in with the twenty-one and up crowd, as failing clubs owners only see more people more money. Every night thousands of young adults eighteen to twenty years old are let

Yina Funez Mrs. Thayer English III- Period 1 April 27, 2017   Yina Funez Mrs. Thayer English III – Period 1 April 27, 2017 Minimum Legal Drinking Age Should the drinking age be lowered from 21 to a younger age? Ever since the end of prohibition in 1933 the United States government has placed the issue of minimum legal drinking age sensitively in the hands of the states, letting each decide for itself what the minimum

Even though Americans can legally qualify for the military, army, marines, navy, and etc. at the age of 18 and over, women and men under the age of 21 cannot legally drink alcoholic beverages. Not only can Americans qualify to fight for the United States, but they are also suppose to be able to drive, attend college, take on careers and bills, do anything without parental supervision, vote state and federal, sign legal documents, charge as an adult, and live the life of an adult. The list of rights

When people turn eighteen they are considered adults. They can vote, get married, buy cigarettes, get a tattoo, and even die for their country. Despite being considered an adult, they still cannot buy or consume alcohol legally. A person can be responsible enough to pay their own bills, live by themselves, have a job at the age of eighteen. Despite all this the U.S. government believes that twenty-one is the time when a person is responsible enough to drink alcohol. The United States is outnumbered

The three questions I would include to create a speech about lowering the drinking age to an audience of teenagers versus their adults, would be, "What do they know?", "What are their interests?", and "Who are they?" I would use the first question to inform the audience about drinking, how going overboard can put your life in severe danger, confirm they know about drinking and how to be responsible. With the second question, "What are their interests?", I would use this, to seek their opinions about