Normalizing the drinking of alcohol results in increasing alcohol consumption among young people. As Australia has a strong drinking culture, youth drinking is a common social attitude to fit into the culture. According to The Cabin Sydney (2015), 42% of young adults claim that they do not need to show identification while buying alcoholic liquor and 38% report that they can easily get access to a bar or pub without presenting their proper identification to prove they are over the drinking age. This evidence shows that most of the people are not only accepted but also expected youth to drink. In addition, young people need to drink during special occasions. When they choose not to drink, their attitudes will be considered as abnormal and ridiculous.
The alcoholics have impaired perceptions and may not have good judgmental skills. The mentioned groups have a disadvantage in one way or another and people may take advantage of their situation. They may be impeded to do something absurd out of their wish but because they do not have a sense of reason, they end up bowing to the demands given. It is cruel to take advantage of this people hence the reason why the action was brought on
Australia has a well-known drinking culture, and for the most part it’s viewed in a positive light, however stories in ‘The Turning’ depict the negative aspect of such a culture. More than anything, drinking is portrayed as a coping mechanism. In ‘Sand’ Max’s reasons
Today, teens and young adults involve themselves with alcohol. This is often due to peer pressure. Alcohol is easy to abuse and is not seen as a drug like heroin or
Not everyone has the capable power of purchasing the alcohol at 18 years old. Evidence shows that people have a more mature way of making the right decision at 21. Now, half of the population in Australia agree with ‘raise the drinking age to 21 ' It is time to raise the legal drinking age to 21 in Australia. By doing that, we can protect young people’s lives, and do something to prevent the accidents happen in advance.
There has been many discussions all over the United States is whether they should change the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen. Most teens will argue that they should change the age because they can go to a store or a gas station and they can buy a pack of cigarettes, a black n mild, play the lottery at the age of eighteen so they will ask so why can they not buy a beer or alcohol at the age of eighteen. Underage drinking has been out of control in the United States because teenager use fake identification cards and they will also try to go to the club with their identification card. As a teenager when I was in high school I have proof that these things happen not only in college but high school it happens more often than college students. What is
Letting young adults consume alcohol will help them get experience based on their firsthand experiences of what they saw, or what they were told or advised to drink alcohol more responsibly and maturely. By restricting young 18-20 year old’s from drinking even though they are considered “adults” will lead to drinking
A higher Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) is effective in preventing alcohol-related deaths and injuries among teenagers and youth. When the MLDA has been lowered, injury and death rates increase, and when the MLDA is increased, death and injury rates decline (Wagenaar, 1993). In addition, a common argument among opponents of a higher MLDA is that because many minors still drink and purchase alcohol, the policy isn't working on minors. The evidence shows, however, that although many youth still consume alcohol, they still drink less and experience fewer alcohol-related injuries and deaths (Wagenaar, 1993). There is also an argument comparing the European alcohol and drunk diving among the youth compared to the United
Legalizing the green? WOULD LEGALIZING CANNABIS BE A GOOD ECONOMIC DECISION? Section 1.0: Introduction “Around 750,000 Australians use cannabis every week and approximately 300,000 smoke every day” (ABC News, 2008). The use of Cannabis in Australia has been illegal since the early 1900’s, which has had a variety of effects on the economy of Australia.
“Malcolm and Antell (2001) argue that alcohol abuse and its related problems are not entirely objective phenomena; they also involve interpretation and stigmatization of deviant behavior” (Leon-Guerrero 2014). This could be because we view our older siblings, parents, and friends drinking and changes our perspective. For example, drinking is seen in media like music videos, television commercials and reality shows. This attracts the adolescents thinking drinking is a cool thing to do. For instance, during high school if you drink, you would be socially accepted but if you don’t then you can be considered an outcast.
But while it has succeeded in that, it is also believed that tougher rules, such as DUI rules and seatbelt safety rules have also played a part in this decrease. However, this higher drinking age hasn’t reduced drinking, its only “driven it underground,” Gabrielle Glaser states in her NY Times article. It has been driven underground to the riskiest settings, high school parties and frat parties that are unsupervised. This age raise segregates the drinking away from adults that can model moderation in drinking. If an 18-year-old high school senior is shown by his/her parent(s) how to drink responsibly and in moderation, I believe that it would greatly help in reducing the chance of making bad decisions by overdoing it, such as driving while drinking.
In some countries, like in Europe the drinking age is set at 18. Even though people in the US think this is insane, this set age has more positive effects than people think it would. It is known that binge drinking is a problem in the US since it has the highest rate in the world for binge drinking. In Europe, teenagers get their license at age 18, and some drinking ages are lower than that, they figure out how to control their drinking before the drive. Unlike in the US, kids drink and then drive because they either have to be home by curfew or they are too scared to call their parents for a ride, and admit they had been under the
“ [The drinking age] is unfavorable because it forces youth to consume alcohol in unsupervised places that are risky and consumption may be abused.” The idea is, if the drinking age is lowered, youth will be able to drink in open, public places that can be supervised by others. By being public, it would decrease the risky behavior seen with alcohol in private, unsupervised settings. Pomata also asserts, “The age restriction inspires undesirable activities just as the National Prohibition Act did.” Some undesirable activities that are associated with underage drinking include the making and distributing of fake ID’s.
A poll taken on July 2014 asked the public opinion of US adults for lowering the US legal drinking age from 21 to 18. Approximately 74% of the people opposed the idea, whereas roughly 25% of the people supported the idea ("Public Opinion" 1). The statistics indicate satisfaction among the majority of the people; however, with the current laws many issues arise that must be addressed concerning alcohol use. For starters, studies show an increase of dangerous drinking habits among young adults (Hall 2). In addition, the enforcement of the drinking laws and education on alcohol is insubstantial (Moyse, Fonder 3).
If that is the cast why is the legal drinking age 18 and not 21? Nearly 1 in 14 Australians drink every day. Alcohol has lots of effects on your body. Such as in the long term you can get cancer (bowel, breast, throat, mouth, liver), liver disease or cardiovascular disease, stroke, dependence and mental health problems.
89 young adults of mixed ethnicity , occupation , class and gender aged between 18-25 in four geographical locations in the UK between 2006 and 2007 were interviewed and asked to discuss their social lives and narrate one drunk story of theirs. Discussions focused mainly on going out and alcohol consumption which emerged as a central feature. The intention of the essay was not to underplay the personal and social consequences of damaging patterns of drinking ,