minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) in America should be lowered or stay the same. One of the main controversial issues regarding alcohol consumption in our society today is whether or not the legal drinking age is appropriate. Both sides to the argument have very considerable points that support their side of the argument. Do to these disagreements, the issue of whether or not to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18 has become controversial. The best solution is to allow citizens that are 18 and older
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English 1010 Lowering the Legal Drinking Age There are many controversial topics in today’s news involving the younger generation. One of the most talked about topics is lowering the legal drinking age in the United States. Lowering the drinking age could have a really good impact on society as a whole. Although there are people that believe that lowering the age limit will have a really bad effect on the US, the good outweigh the bad. The drinking age being at 21, makes those underage look
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28th Amendment Proposal: Legal Drinking Age 1) This Bill would lower the drinking age to be the same age citizens can vote, join the army, and purchase cigarettes: eighteen years of age. 2) When a Citizen turns eighteen they are legally an adult, therefor have the right to make their own decisions, this should include the decision to by alcohol or not. Also with a lower dinking age more people would legally be able to drink in legal revenue would increase for private business owners, and greater
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The current legal drinking age of the United States is 21. Should it be lowered to 18? The current legal drinking age of the United States is 21. Should it be lowered to 18? I think the current legal age in the United States is 21 and I find it absurd, but in my view i think it should be 18 because if you look at it I’m old enough to go to war but not old enough to drink. If you look at it I am dying for my country at the age of 18 but yet I can’t buy a drink? In my opinion it is absurd. The
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Brittany S. Writing Seminar 9 November 2010 Lowering the Legal Drinking Age Is Not the Solution “In 2005, about 10.8 million persons aged 12 to 20 (28.2 percent of this age group) reported drinking alcohol in the past month. Nearly 7.2 million (18.8 percent) were binge drinkers, and 2.3 million (6.0 percent) were heavy drinkers,” according to the agency, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in the Department of Health and Human Services. To solve this problem, would
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alcoholic beverages until the age of twenty-one. The United States is one of four other countries with a drinking age of twenty-one or higher. The other three are Indonesia, Mongolia and Palau (Gillespie). The government does not trust anybody under the age of twenty-one to consume alcohol but trusts them to die and kill for them. They also grant 18 year olds the right to marry, vote, pay taxes, take out loans, adopt a child and buy tobacco. The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) should be lowered
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I believe that the drinking age should be lowered to the age of eighteen. The Minimum Legal Drinking Age has changed from each state setting their own to the government passing the National Drinking Age Act of 1984 making the drinking age twenty-one. The drinking age should be lowered because eighteen is the age of maturity, helps for better control, and helps stop binge drinking and sneaking around. The drinking age should stay at twenty-one because it is medically irresponsible and helps prevent
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Among all the topics that people discussed for years, the legal drinking age may be the most popular topic. After helping the Britain exiting from the EU, people now start to devote themselves to lower the legal drinking age from 21 years old to 18years old. Some people consider staying the limit as 21 is hidebound, but I believe it’s not and the legal drinking age should be 21. Before stating viewpoints that defend why legal drinking age should be stay 21, historical perspective on this issue is indispensable
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cannot enjoy the occasional alcoholic beverage? The legal age of drinking in the U.S should be lowered to 18. This is an ongoing topic throughout law enforcement and very debatable if it should stay, be raised, or even lowered which is what should happen. As civilians are allowed to enlist in the military and fight for our country but cannot have alcohol? As Americans turn 18 they are known as adults but cannot drink. If underage drinking is very common and not often stopped by authorities, why will
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countries that have kept their Minimum Drinking Age at 21. Due to the National Minimum Drinking Age (NMDA) being age 21, the United States has been removed from the category with the Advanced Western Nations and was lumped in with small countries like Pakistan, Qatar, Oman, etc. In order to find out why the United States is willing to be clumped with small, developing places like those above, many people have done research and conducted tests on various drinking related activities of both the past
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