 Robert Washington
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A
lot of lives been saved thanks to
limiting the drinking age to the minimum
of 21.
 This legal age, continues to prevent
terrible things from happening.
 Youth
having accidents that they regret
like fatal traffic crashes.
 Some youth drink and just don’t know
when to stop they become young
alcoholics.
 Alcohol
can give the youth liver
poisoning.
 Alcohol is bad for ones kidney and can
make you gain weight.
 Alcohol can give you amnesia and give
you massive headaches.
A
lot of accidents happens when drinking
irresponsibly. (rape, fights, and etc).
 That’s why the age is 21 because you can
be held accountable of your on
decisions.
 Drinking
at an young age can affect
academic performance.
 The earlier the youth drink the worsen
that youth suffer negative physical
withdrawal symptoms.
 Teen
blackout and wound up somewhere
new.
 Teen
get poison and have hangovers they
become very ill.
 The
problem of identifying the optimum
minimum drinking age to reduce alcohol
is a serious one. It involves issues of
freedom, responsibility, parental rights,
religious politics and many more.
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“Drinking age.” should the drinking age be lowered
from 21 to a younger age. 11/29/2010.
12/2/2010<http://drinking age. procon. org /
“madd-why21.”adressing underage drinking. 2002.
12/1/2010.<http://www.madd.org/underagedrinking/why21/
“minimum legal drinking ages around the world.” the
legal drinking age for different countries varies
dramatically. From zero to 21, as seen in the following
table. 1997-2009.
12/1/2010.<www2.potsdam.edu/nansondj/legaldrin
king age. html