But, that's not the case. More people under 21 are drinking then people 21 and over. People who are 18, can fight in a war and have someone else's life in their hands, but they can't have a beer in their hand? I'm here to tell you that I think the drinking age should be lowered to 18. All the things the law is trying to prevent by raising the drinking age, is counter active by other things.
He was absolutly in the wrong in everyway here, and did something horrible, however you did make it much worse then it was. Brandy he isnt going to hurt you physicaly, I know that, and if he does Id do something about it. Tom-If she
"It just doesn't sit right with me that people [at the age of 18] have the right to do everything else, including serve their country, but don't have the right to consume alcohol," said Republican, Richard Marron. (abcnews.com). Lowering the drinking age would be a move that will help decrease the young teenagers from drinking alcohol irresponsibly because it will take the thrill out of doing something that is prohibited to them. It is known that young teenagers tend to act in the exact opposite way of what is told to them. It makes them feel cool
1) I feel that both sources agree that prohibition is bound to fail, as in source A it states “ The bad influence of saloons”. This shows the writer feels saloons had a bad influence on the public. The message in this source is saying that prohibition was a bad mistake and making it illegal was the wrong choice because it just made the public want it more. The writer shows this by saying statistics show alcohol was decreasing and if they left it, it would of carried on decreasing. In hindsight we know this is true.
Behaving badly you will end up in jail or in a coffin. So you have to pick your battles very carefully. Your perception comes in the end, because after all the good and bad that you have done; now people have their own perception of you. You maybe the best person there is until somebody crosses you, and you may have a blackout moment, now people already have this bad idea about you, even though they do not know who you really are. Words are sharper than a sword, your tongue will hurt the ones you love and do not know, words will cause you to have a bad attitude and your behavior will fall into place with all kinds of bad gestures.
Prohibition was a mistake because it took away people’s freedom of choice to decide for themselves whether to consume alcohol; people who want to consume alcohol will still be able to make it or purchase from illegal sources; alcohol made from illegal sources pose a threat to the health and safety of the consumer; leads to loss of taxes and jobs; and criminal organizations will profit from prohibition leading to increased illegal activities. (www.philforhumanity.com/Prohibition_of_Alcohol.html) Prohibition caused a lot of controversy in the United Sates in the 1920’s. The 18th Amendment took away the freedom of
My friend is thinking of taking the drug Methampethamine normally known as “P”, so I am going to persuade him not to take the drugs and show the risks and effects it has after you start taking it. I think that you should not take this drug because it is an “A class drug” and it is very addictive. Not just that, it rots your teeth, makes you behave in a violent matter and has some long term effects and these can ruin your life. “P” is a very dangerous drug which makes you do a lot of stupid things that you as your normal self would not do. This has a lot of long term effects, like depression and poor health.
The Politian’s should either change the alcohol laws to 18 or make alcohol illegal. Not say that alcohol is “bad” for young adults but harmless for older adults. Because now, they are spoiling the freedom/democracy of the country and increasing the illegal
The anti-saloon league warned people against alcohol consumption and how it destroyed families. “Men would often spend their money on alcohol, leaving women with no money to provide for their children.”(archives.gov) Prohibition failed to do what it was designed for and created corruption while organized crime spread throughout the United States. Raising taxes on alcohol would have been a more affective means of reducing alcohol consumption. Whenever you try to control a market of goods that is in such high demand you are setting yourself up for a black market and crime. This is what happened and is known as the Iron Law of Prohibition.
An average person must wait until age 16 to start driving, age 18 to marry without parental consent, and age 35 to become president (Minton). The age limit for alcohol is based on research which shows that young people react differently to alcohol. This means that typically anyone is able to acknowledge to lower the drinking age. In Rober Voas' article "There's no benefit to lowering the drinking age, " he states that lowering the age for drinking alcohol would just make matters worse, along with a paragraph that states: "I keep hearing the same refrains: 'If you're old enough to go to war, you should be old enough to drink,' or 'the drinking-age law just increases the desire for the forbidden fruit,' or 'lower crash rates are due to tougher enforcement, not the 21 law,' or "Europeans let their kids drink, so they learn how to be more responsible,' or finally, 'I did it when I was a kid, and I'm OK.'"