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    Narad Koirala Dr.Jaap English 15 November 9, 2017 Drinking and Driving Solution According to The New York Times, “The A.B.A.’s Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs’ most recent national report identified alcohol as the No. 1 substance-abuse problem for lawyers.” From lawyers to ordinary people are all addicted to these substance known as alcohol.This is a problem that needs to be taken more seriously because it has been a major issue in the country for over a decade. The straight solution

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    The legal age for drinking in the U.S. is twenty-one. If they are considered “adults” when they turn eighteen, why do they have to wait three more years to legally drink? This very question is pondered daily by many Americans. If they are mature enough to make the decisions that come with the privileges they gain at the age of eighteen, they should also be able to buy and consume alcohol legally. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, excessive drinking in underage youth is

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    Alex Wilmore Joshua James, Instructor ENG 111 07 July 2015 Underage Drinking “With such compelling information, the question is why haven 't we been able to do more to prevent the crisis of underage drinking? The answer is: rising the age to 25” is what Lucille Roybal-Allard once said, a U.S. Representative for serving in Congress since 1993. This statement has brought many to speculate of issues and debates. This expression opened the eyes of American people that often struggled to make this truth

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    Alex Wilmore Joshua James, Instructor ENG 111 07 July 2015 Underage Drinking “With such compelling information, the question is why haven 't we been able to do more to prevent the crisis of underage drinking? The answer is: rising the age to 25” is what Lucille Roybal-Allard once said, a U.S. Representative for serving in Congress since 1993. This statement has brought many to speculate of issues and debates. This expression opened the eyes of American people that often struggled to make this truth

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    tripled over that time period as Americans are binge drinking now more than ever (Key Statistics About Liver Cancer). While, at times, smoking can be social and drinking can be anti-social, America’s emphasis on gregariousness causes society to hypocritically scorn smoking but tolerate binge drinking because smoking is an anti-social activity whereas binge drinking is a social activity. Advertisement posters against smoking and binge drinking differ because of the USA’s cultural values, particularly

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    couple reasons. Teenagers are in the category of “people”. The legal drinking age is currently twenty-one, but drinking underage is as low as zero. Why? This is the question asked. I can almost garrentee you the under age drinking percentage would go down significantly if the drinking ageI was lowered. Just a few known reasons for under age drinking are: peer pressure, partys, etc. But the most common reason for drinking is “breaking the law.” 87% of high schoolers have drank alcohol.Alcoa

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    Drinking Age Drinking

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    whether the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen like most of the world or if it should stay at twenty-one. Underage drinking has been a major questionable issue for years, yet why is it not under control? Teenagers are continuing to buy alcohol with fake identification cards, getting into bars and drinking illegally. As a recent teen, I have proof that these things are going on not only in college but in high school as well. There are a lot of factors that come together to why the drinking age should

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    another is good or bad, helpful or hurtful. Some debates are simple with no major side effects such as would drinking gatorade or water better maximize the performance of athletes. Other debates involving drinking are not as simple, these debates involve alcohol drinking age. Both arguments can have different viewpoints, the difference is the significance in the argument. What should the legal drinking age in the United States be? Consuming alcohol has been done for many years. Unlike a typical beverage

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    Drinking Age

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    Drinking Age The drinking age was moved from 18 to 21 for a reason. The higher drinking age of 21 has saved many lives, helped reduce the amount of underage drinking, and therefore should not be lowered. Many studies from a large variety of sources have proven higher drinking ages have a positive effect on society. Alcohol is harmful to the development of younger people. Research has shown that an adult is less likely to binge

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    Drinking And Driving

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    research and find results on how drinking and driving has become a big problem in the United States. Drinking and driving effects a person’s ability to operate a vehicle and therefore drunk drivers need to be educated on the repercussions with drinking and driving. Every day drunk drivers are arrested, either for traffic violations, reckless driving, and random stops on the road, or accidents. This paper also examines and explains what happens to the people affected by drinking and driving and what the people

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