Under the 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act [23 U.S.C 158], persons under 21 years of age are prohibited from purchasing alcohol in all 50 US states. although there are exceptions in certain states when alcohol is consumed at home, under adult supervision, and for medical purposes, the drinking age still stands. There are moves to lower the drinking age, however. many proponents think 18 is a good number, considering that teenagers at this age are practically considered adults. in fact, they
underage drinking. The drinking age in America is an ongoing debate of whether it should be kept at 21, or reduced to 18. While some believe lowering the drinking age would make drinking for young kids safer, others presume the opposite. According to Alexis Aguirre, a journalist at the Texas State University Star, “The legal drinking age should be lowered to 18. Once 18, a person is legally considered an adult and should be able to drink.” A person becomes legally emancipated at the age of 18
“If the legal age were lowered in the US it would have to come with much more education in this area, not just the shock-value of Every 15 Minutes” said Ulrike Skillman, math teacher at Saugus. Skillman suggests the lowering of the drinking age will have to come with more alcohol education and that is the exact purpose of a “drinking license.” Which would allow 18 year olds to consume alcohol, with strict regulations, then take classes to officially receive a “drinking license” at 21 years old. The
the current drinking age which is 21 should not be minimized to the age of 18 for many reasons. High school dropouts, rapes, teenage pregnancy, and also many young people in jail are just some of the few consequences students face when they consume drinking alcohol at an early age. Some people might feel like there 's nothing that we could do as a community to stop teenagers from drinking once they have already started, but some people might feel as though the current drinking age is the reason
This story demonstrated that drinking under the legal age can take many innocent people’s lives away. In the United States you must be 21 to have a alcoholic drink, but each state is different if you are cought under age drinking. In Texas they have a zero- tolerance law, where if you are under 21 and driving while under the influence, you go to jail. If you travel out of the country the age limit is a wide variety. In Canada half of the countries legal drinking age is 18 but on the other side of
Alcohol Age Limit Would you rather the drinking age limit be lower, higher, or does it even matter? The legal drinking age limit should stay at 21, it is a pretty mature age to handle alcohol and the age limit is always changing. Under aged kids always find a way to obtain alcohol, and often times parents do not care and they’ll buy their kids alcoholic drinks. Does this law really change anything? If this law is so effective then why is under aged drinking still so high on the charts? Well, let
all 50 states the legal drinking age must be raised to 21 years of age, or suffer the loss of 10% of highway funds (Daniloff). Former President Ronald Reagan signed off on the National Minimum Drinking Age Act in 1984, and in turn the rest of the United States had to face the repercussions. Contrary to stereotypical opinions, like the position of the organization MADD, alcohol can give the user many health benefits - if used responsibly. Lowering the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) from 21 to 18 despite
Background: Binge drinking is something many college students fall victim of. Although binge drinking is preventable, it is a very serious public health problem. Binge drinking is the most common, cost-ly, and deadly pattern of excessive alcohol use in the United States. According to The National In-stitute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, binge drinking is defined as a pattern of drinking that brings a person’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08 grams percent or above. This typical-ly happens
At the age of eighteen, teens are allowed to enlist in the military, virtually putting their life on the line to defend our country. With this great responsibility, another questions continues to rise; if eighteen year olds are mature enough to sacrifice their lives for the country, shouldn’t they also be mature enough to drink at the age of 18? Michael Gonchar, an author of Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered? from the New York Times, wrote an objective article looking at both pros and cons of lowering
contemporary menu card also first appeared in France in the second half of the 18th century Globalization has given restaurants a wider array of choices but everything has its pros and cons and so does globalization, other than opportunities it brings risks as well, and some may find it more profitable to leave that trend behind entirely. Pros: • More options on the menu: 1. Globalization makes it easier for the restaurants to find ingredients. They are not limited to serving what’s in season where they are