National Minimum Drinking Age Act

Reagan Black Mrs. Ledy AP Lang 28 November 2017 The National Minimum Drinking Age should remain at twenty-one The Minimum Drinking Age Act was passes by President Ronald Reagan, which raised the minimum drinking age to twenty-one. Alcohol is a very dangerous substance especially when it is being consumed by teenagers. The establishment of the Minimum Drinking Age Act has saved lives and is needed to stay in place to continue saving American lives every year. The United States Constitution is designed

Legal Drinking Age In the United States the legal drinking age is 21 years old, while quite drastically all over the world the drinking ages in many countries are 18. If these countries have lower drinking ages and statistically better education scores and crime rates it could be beneficial for the government to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18, or it may be detrimental to the society. Historically the minimum drinking age for the country was 21 due to the fact that after the 21rst amendment

Lowering the Minimum Drinking Age Limits and Its Effects Government officials and citizens alike have debated whether the drinking age laws should be lowered to eighteen once again. MLDA twenty one does not work and is being ignored by minors and adults. Even lower drinking ages imposed in other countries are working, judging by their lower death rates. By enabling people eighteen and under to drink, the economy would grow. The minimum legal drinking age limit should be reverted back to the original

is whether lowering the minimum drinking age to eighteen would be a better or worse idea. Jeffery A. Miron, a senior lecturer at Harvard University’s economics department, and Elina Tetelbaum, a law student from Yale University, write in their argumentative article in Forbes Magazine, “The Dangers of the Drinking Age”, in which they believe that the minimum drinking age of twenty-one is not working. After conducting studies, they found that the minimum legal drinking age of twenty-one has little

Minimum Legal Drinking Age On July 17 of 1984 President Ronald Reagan signed to make the National Minimum Drinking Age Act a law. This law required all states to have a minimum drinking age of 21, if a state did not comply with this law they could face up to a 10% cut in funding for their federal highways (Tietjen). Since this act became a law there has been two distinct sides arguing whether they agree with the minimum drinking age, or whether they disagree. One side believes having a minimum drinking

American government raised the minimum national drinking age from 18 to 21 as a method to reduce the number of car crashes and deaths caused by underage drunk drivers. The government placed the minimum drinking age law in the Federal Aid Highway Act, and by doing that states were not technically required to keep their minimum drinking age at 21. Given the fact that the law was a part of the Highway Act, if a state wanted to establish a different minimum drinking age, they would be required to surrender

and college? The minimum drinking age of 21 has not made underage drinking obsolete, it has instead inspired underage binge drinking into private and less controlled environments, leading to more health and life-endangering behavior by teenagers. On July 17, 1984, at the heels of extensive lobbying from groups such as MADD, President Reagan signed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, ultimately creating a national minimum drinking age of 21. According to MADD, “this drinking age approach prompted

unfair drinking age limitation of 21. Denying an 18-year old the privilege of “having a beer” while applauding that same 18-year old’s participation in potentially mortal combat in an Afghanistan cave as an active duty soldier is an irony worth study. This unfair issue deserves national attention. Because Congress cannot effectively pass a law that establishes a secure family life for all Americans, it can at least “right a wrong” by repealing the 21-year old restriction. Passage of a national 18-year

irresponsible drinking. Because of the issues caused by irresponsible drinking, the US government passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act in 1984 which raised the minimum drinking age to twenty-one to prevent drinking-related accidents and violence. Despite the intent of its passing, it was a counterproductive decision. Because of the higher age restriction, high school upperclassmen and college underclassmen see drinking as an exciting, rebellious act. Consequentially, the National Minimum Drinking

The purpose of my paper is to promote the effects of drinking and driving. To research my information, I used internet sources. In 1910, New York was the first state to pass a law against drinking and driving, along with California and other states soon taking after. However, there was so set standards of what level of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) qualified as drunk driving. In 1936, Dr. Rolla Harger, a professor of toxicology and biochemistry, licensed the Drunkometer. This balloon like