I. Introduction
1. Thesis: Through research and analysis it can be proven that lowering the drinking age would not be beneficial for teenagers.
II. Against lowering the drinking age because:1. Risk of becoming dependent on alcohol in future2. More likely to become sexually active3. Victims of violent crime (rape, aggravated assault, robbery, etc)4. Problems with school work and conduct
III. For lowering the drinking age:1. Classes on alcohol education2. Legal age of 183. Other countries view of alcohol4. “Forbidden fruit”
IV. Some people would like the drinking age to be lowered because they see there are some advantages.1. Classes on alcohol education: John McCardell wrote an article in Time Magazine making many points that for the alcohol age to be lowered people aged 18 to 20 should have to take an 42 hours of alcohol education – covers history, chemistry, psychology and sociology.
· “John McCardell Jr., an esteemed historian of the American South and former head of Middlebury College, founded Choose Responsibility 2006 to argue in favor of licensing 18-to-20-year-olds to drink after they have completed an exhaustive 42 hours of instruction in the history, chemistry, psychology and sociology of alcohol — which could even include sitting in on an AA session for three hours.”2. Sit in on AA sessions for a number of hours to see where alcohol has lead people.
· Could be a good idea because helps 18 to 20 year olds claim themselves as adults in the aspect of being able to consume alcohol. Though it might put some people off at first because they have to take classes but in the long run to give teens information they need and would otherwise not receive.3. Legal age of 18
· “After all, in almost every other legal and cultural respect, you're an adult at 18. You can vote, adopt children, sign up for Iraq or become a commercial pilot at 18. Treating alcohol differently helps turns it into a holy grail of adulthood.”-When 18 a person can: vote, join the armed forces, own your own apartment/house, serve on a jury, get married, get a tattoo, buy cigarettes, etc. If there are so many things that can be done at the age of 18, why isn’t alcohol consumption one of them? A person can fight for their country, kill other people and/or be killed while fighting for their country but cannot drink legally at 18.
4. Other countries views on alcohol
· “Alcohol is neither seen as a poison or a magic potent, there is little or no social pressure to drink, irresponsible behavior is never tolerated, young people learn at home from their parents and from other adults how to handle alcohol in a responsible manner, there is societal consensus on what constitutes responsible drinking. Because the the 21 year old drinking age law is not working, and is counterproductive, it behooves us as a nation to change our current prohibition law and to teach responsible drinking techniques for those who chose to consume alcoholic beverages.”-teens need to learn the responsible way to drink-teens need to see the effects that alcohol has on people and the way it makes people act
5. “Forbidden fruit”
-In other parts of the world alcohol is not seen as forbidden, which is why teens in the United States have more problems with alcohol
· “As UVM and other universities work to address student alcohol abuse, one of the greatest hindrances they face is the fact that the legal drinking age is set at twenty-one, an age most college students won't reach until their junior or senior years.”
· “Young adults should be allowed to drink in controlled environments such as restaurants, taverns, pubs and official school and university functions.”- in these situations and environments teens would be expected to act and drink in a mature/sensible fashion-responsible drinking would be taught through role modeling based on seeing adults drink in this way
V. Although there are reasons people think the drinking age should be lowered and it would cause a difference, there are a majority of people who like the drinking age set at 21.
1.Risk of becoming dependent on alcohol in future2. More likely to become sexually active3. Victims of violent crime (rape, aggravated assault, robbery, etc)4. Problems with school work and conduct
VI. Risk of becoming dependent on alcohol in the future
1. “Drinking alcohol before age 14 have a nearly 50% risk of becoming alcohol-dependent in adulthood”
-Teens who start to drink early on have a more likelihood of becoming alcoholics; this can work into my essay against lowering the drinking age
2. A study was done in 2001-2002 that surveyed over 43,000 and
found that 47% of people who began drinking before the age of 14 became alcohol dependent and 9% of people who started drinking age 21 or older who became alcohol dependent.
-The percentage of people who became alcohol dependent because they started drinking at age 14 or younger is 38% higher than those people who waited until they were 21 or older to start drinking.
3. “A young adult or young adult patient entering treatment for Substance Use Disorder, who gives a history of drinking more than a few sips of alcohol before age 14, is much more likely to struggle with a lifetime of alcohol dependence than one who begins drinking at a later age”
- Drinking before the age of 14 gives a person a greater chance of needed to use alcohol as a depressant in the future.
4. “Alcohol is the number one drug of choice… teens use alcohol more frequently and heavily than all other illicit drugs combined.”
- Alcohol is the number one drug of choice because teens see it as forbidden and shunned by the public. Alcohol is looked at as something to stay away from and that’s why teens are prone to excessively drink rather than use other drugs.
5. “An individual who begins drinking as a young teen is four times more likely to develop alcohol dependence than someone who waits until adulthood to use alcohol.”
-Statistics show that people who first drank alcohol before the age of 21 are 9.6% more likely of becoming addicted to alcohol and abuse alcohol verses the 2.1% of peope who waited until they were legal to drink at 21 or older. In 1987 a study done showed that there were many increases in school related areas where alcohol was involved. “Cutting class after drinking” increased from 9% to about 12%, “missing class because of a hangover” increased from 26% to 28%, and “getting lower grade(s) because of drinking” increased from 5% to 7%.
VII. “Teens who use alcohol are more likely to become sexually active at earlier ages, to have sexual intercourse more often, and to have unprotected sex more than teens who do not drink.”
- Teens who drink alcohol are more likely to have multiple partners or have unprotected sex. These teens are associated with high-risk sex. High-risk sex has many consequences that teens probably think “this won’t happen to me” –such as—unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases (HIV/AIDS).
VIII. “Young people who drink are more likely than others to be victims of violent
crime, including rape, aggravated assault, and robbery.”
-Occurs most commonly amoung women in late teens and early adulthood. In a survey done about 10% of female highschool students reported being raped. Research suggested that alcohol had been consumed by the offender, the victim, or both. This increases the likelihood of sexual assault by male aquantiances.
IX. “Teens who drink are more likely to have problems with school work and school conduct.”- teens are not going to be focusing on school work and/or their conduct, they are more worried about finding their next fix. They want to make sure they are getting to all the parties that are happening, which means if they show up to school at all, their target is going to be finding these parties. When they do show up to school they are more likely to be drunk than students who do not have problems with alcohol.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
"Teen Alcohol Addiction Adolescent Alcohol Abuse Drinking Age Debate - Teen Alcohol Addiction." Teen Alcohol Addiction Adolescent Alcohol Abuse Troubled Teen Treatment Information - Teen Alcohol Addiction. 24 Feb. 2009.
·“drinking alcohol before age 14 have a nearly 50% risk of becoming alcohol-dependent in adulthood”
-teens who start to drink early on have a more likelihood of becoming alcoholics; this can work into my essay against lowering the drinking age
·Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that “more than 75,000 deaths annually are attributed to excessive alcohol consumption; the third leading preventable cause of death in the U.S.”
- excessive drinking is a leading cause of death and it is preventable; excessive drinking usually starts in late teen years and during college.
· A study was done in 2001-2002 that surveyed over 43,000 and found that 47% of people who began drinking before the age of 14 became alcohol dependent and 9% of people who started drinking age 21 or older who became alcohol dependent.
-the percentage of people who became alcohol dependent because they started drinking at age 14 or younger is 38% higher than those people who waited until they were 21 or older to start drinking.
·“a young adult or young adult patient entering treatment for Substance Use Disorder, who gives a history of drinking more than a few sips of alcohol before age 14, is much more likely to struggle with a lifetime of alcohol dependence than one who begins drinking at a later age”
- drinking before the age of 14 gives a person a greater chance of needed to use alcohol as a depressant in the future.
"The Risks of Teens and Alcohol - Teen Alcohol Addiction." Teen Alcohol Addiction Adolescent Alcohol Abuse Troubled Teen Treatment Information - Teen Alcohol Addiction. 24 Feb. 2009.
·“alcohol is the number one drug of choice… teens use alcohol more frequently and heavily than all other illicit drugs combined.”
-alcohol is the number one drug of choice because teens see it as forbidden and shunned by the public. Alcohol is looked at as something to stay away from and that’s why teens are prone to excessively drink rather than use other drugs.
· “Alcohol-related traffic accidents are a major cause of death and disability among teens. Alcohol use also is linked with the deaths of young people by drowning, fire, suicide and homicide.”
-80% of high school students have used alcohol at some point; alcohol use can ultimately lead a teen into depression which can then lead to suicide. Many teens use alcohol as self-medication when they have emotional and mental problems—using alcohol seems to take their problems away for the time being which is where the problems begin; using alcohol so freely causes a teen to become dependent on alcohol based upon the feeling they are getting while under the influence. –can lead to suicidal thoughs and/or sucidide attempts. Having a dependency on alcohol makes teens feel helpless to where they never feel as though they will escape their alcohol abuse
· “Teens who use alcohol are more likely to become sexually active at earlier ages, to have sexual intercourse more often, and to have unprotected sex more than teens who do not drink.”
- Teens who drink alcohol are more likely to have multiple partners or have unprotected sex. These teens are associated with high-risk sex. High-risk sex has many consequences that teens probably think “this won’t happen to me” –such as—unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases (HIV/AIDS).
·“Young people who drink are more likely than others to be victims of violent crime, including rape, aggravated assault, and robbery.”
- Occurs most commonly amoung women in late teens and early adulthood. In a survey done about 10% of female highschool students reported being raped. Research suggested that alcohol had been consumed by the offender, the victim, or both. This increases the likelihood of sexual assault by male aquantiances.
·“Teens who drink are more likely to have problems with school work and school conduct.”
- teens are not going to be focusing on school work and/or their conduct, they are more worried about finding their next fix. They want to make sure they are getting to all the parties that are happening, which means if they show up to school at all, their target is going to be finding these parties. When they do show up to school they are more likely to be drunk than students who do not have problems with alcohol.
·“An individual who begins drinking as a young teen is four times more likely to develop alcohol dependence than someone who waits until adulthood to use alcohol.”
-Statistics show that people who first drank alcohol before the age of 21 are 9.6% more likely of becoming addicted to alcohol and abuse alcohol verses the 2.1% of peope who waited until they were legal to drink at 21 or older. In 1987 a study done showed that there were many increases in school related areas where alcohol was involved. “Cutting class after drinking” increased from 9% to about 12%, “missing class because of a hangover” increased from 26% to 28%, and “getting lower grade(s) because of drinking” increased from 5% to 7%.
Engs, Ruth C. "Why the drinking age should be lowered: An opinion based upon research." Indiana University (1998). "Should the drinking age be lowered to 18 or 19" 20 Mar. 1998. 9 Feb. 2009. http://www.indiana.edu/~engs/articles/cqoped.html
· “Although the legal purchase age is 21 years of age, a majority of college students under this age consume alcohol but in an irresponsible manner. This is because drinking by these youth is seen as an enticing “forbidden fruit,” a "badge of rebellion against authority," and a symbol of "adulthood." As a nation we have tried prohibition legislation twice in the past for controlling irresponsible drinking problems. This was during National Prohibition in the 1920s and state prohibition during the 1850s. These laws were finally repealed because they were unenforceable and because the backlash towards them caused other social problems. Today we are repeating history and making the same mistakes that occurred in the past. Prohibition did not work then and prohibition for young people under the age of 21 is not working now.”
-Prohibition, when there was a banning of manufacturing and the sale of alcoholic drinks for common consumption, was attempted twice. It has been proven that it doesn’t help put a stop to drinking and this is what Ruth Engs is making a point of. Completely banning alcohol use to teenagers when they are most curious is causing them to rebel against society.
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·In other areas of the world where alcohol is not seen as a forbidden and/or taboo, these countries all have similar characteristics: “Alcohol is neither seen as a poison or a magic potent, there is little or no social pressure to drink, irresponsible behavior is never tolerated, young people learn at home from their parents and from other adults how to handle alcohol in a responsible manner, there is societal consensus on what constitutes responsible drinking. Because the 21 year old drinking age law is not working, and is counterproductive, it behooves us as a nation to change our current prohibition law and to teach responsible drinking techniques for those who chose to consume alcoholic beverages.”
- People, especially teenagers, need to learn the responsible way to drink alcohol. If more teens were informed of the proper way to handle alcohol and if they actually saw the effects that alcohol has on their body, brain, and the way they handle themselves, it may change their mind about alcohol. Not only do teens need to learn the responsible way to handle their alcohol but also they need to see the effects first hand. When drinking for the first time many teens jump right into it without any way of knowing how their body is going to react.
Cloud, John. "Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered?" Time Magazine 6 June 2008.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812397,00.html
· “John McCardell Jr., an esteemed historian of the American South and former head of Middlebury College, founded Choose Responsibility in 2006 to argue in favor of licensing 18-to-20-year-olds to drink after they have completed an exhaustive 42 hours of instruction in the history, chemistry, psychology and sociology of alcohol — which could even include sitting in on an AA session for three hours.”
- I can see why McCardell Jr. would think this is a good idea. This gives 18 year olds the chance to claim themselves as adults in the aspect of being able to consum alcohol. Though it might put some people off to the fact that they have to actually go through classes, but in the long run it will help to provide teens with the information that is not given to them otherwise.
· “After all, in almost every other legal and cultural respect, you're an adult at 18. You can vote, adopt children, sign up for Iraq or become a commercial pilot at 18. Treating alcohol differently helps turns it into a holy grail of adulthood.”
- At age 18, a person can vote, join the armed forces, own your own apartment/house, serve on a jury, get married, get a tattoo, buy cigarettes, etc. There are many things that when 18 a peron can do, but a person can not purchase/consum alcohol. What does not make sense is that a person can sign up to go fight for their country, kill other people and/or be killed while fighting but at 18 cannot drink legally.
·“…lowering the drinking age to 18 would stop infantilizing college students, but it would probably kill more of them in traffic accidents. In 2006, 2,121 people ages 16 to 20 died in alcohol-related fatalities on U.S. roads…”
-drinking and driving is the number one leading cause of death amoung 15 to 20 year olds. People who drink and drive given they are under 21 are twice more likely than people who drink and drive and are older than 21.
·“drinking alcohol before age 14 have a nearly 50% risk of becoming alcohol-dependent in adulthood”
-teens who start to drink early on have a more likelihood of becoming alcoholics; this can work into my essay against lowering the drinking age
·Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that “more than 75,000 deaths annually are attributed to excessive alcohol consumption; the third leading preventable cause of death in the U.S.”
- excessive drinking is a leading cause of death and it is preventable; excessive drinking usually starts in late teen years and during college.
· A study was done in 2001-2002 that surveyed over 43,000 and found that 47% of people who began drinking before the age of 14 became alcohol dependent and 9% of people who started drinking age 21 or older who became alcohol dependent.
-the percentage of people who became alcohol dependent because they started drinking at age 14 or younger is 38% higher than those people who waited until they were 21 or older to start drinking.
·“a young adult or young adult patient entering treatment for Substance Use Disorder, who gives a history of drinking more than a few sips of alcohol before age 14, is much more likely to struggle with a lifetime of alcohol dependence than one who begins drinking at a later age”
- drinking before the age of 14 gives a person a greater chance of needed to use alcohol as a depressant in the future.
"The Risks of Teens and Alcohol - Teen Alcohol Addiction." Teen Alcohol Addiction Adolescent Alcohol Abuse Troubled Teen Treatment Information - Teen Alcohol Addiction. 24 Feb. 2009.
·“alcohol is the number one drug of choice… teens use alcohol more frequently and heavily than all other illicit drugs combined.”
-alcohol is the number one drug of choice because teens see it as forbidden and shunned by the public. Alcohol is looked at as something to stay away from and that’s why teens are prone to excessively drink rather than use other drugs.
· “Alcohol-related traffic accidents are a major cause of death and disability among teens. Alcohol use also is linked with the deaths of young people by drowning, fire, suicide and homicide.”
-80% of high school students have used alcohol at some point; alcohol use can ultimately lead a teen into depression which can then lead to suicide. Many teens use alcohol as self-medication when they have emotional and mental problems—using alcohol seems to take their problems away for the time being which is where the problems begin; using alcohol so freely causes a teen to become dependent on alcohol based upon the feeling they are getting while under the influence. –can lead to suicidal thoughs and/or sucidide attempts. Having a dependency on alcohol makes teens feel helpless to where they never feel as though they will escape their alcohol abuse
· “Teens who use alcohol are more likely to become sexually active at earlier ages, to have sexual intercourse more often, and to have unprotected sex more than teens who do not drink.”
- Teens who drink alcohol are more likely to have multiple partners or have unprotected sex. These teens are associated with high-risk sex. High-risk sex has many consequences that teens probably think “this won’t happen to me” –such as—unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases (HIV/AIDS).
·“Young people who drink are more likely than others to be victims of violent crime, including rape, aggravated assault, and robbery.”
- Occurs most commonly amoung women in late teens and early adulthood. In a survey done about 10% of female highschool students reported being raped. Research suggested that alcohol had been consumed by the offender, the victim, or both. This increases the likelihood of sexual assault by male aquantiances.
·“Teens who drink are more likely to have problems with school work and school conduct.”
- teens are not going to be focusing on school work and/or their conduct, they are more worried about finding their next fix. They want to make sure they are getting to all the parties that are happening, which means if they show up to school at all, their target is going to be finding these parties. When they do show up to school they are more likely to be drunk than students who do not have problems with alcohol.
·“An individual who begins drinking as a young teen is four times more likely to develop alcohol dependence than someone who waits until adulthood to use alcohol.”
-Statistics show that people who first drank alcohol before the age of 21 are 9.6% more likely of becoming addicted to alcohol and abuse alcohol verses the 2.1% of peope who waited until they were legal to drink at 21 or older. In 1987 a study done showed that there were many increases in school related areas where alcohol was involved. “Cutting class after drinking” increased from 9% to about 12%, “missing class because of a hangover” increased from 26% to 28%, and “getting lower grade(s) because of drinking” increased from 5% to 7%.
Engs, Ruth C. "Why the drinking age should be lowered: An opinion based upon research." Indiana University (1998). "Should the drinking age be lowered to 18 or 19" 20 Mar. 1998. 9 Feb. 2009. http://www.indiana.edu/~engs/articles/cqoped.html
· “Although the legal purchase age is 21 years of age, a majority of college students under this age consume alcohol but in an irresponsible manner. This is because drinking by these youth is seen as an enticing “forbidden fruit,” a "badge of rebellion against authority," and a symbol of "adulthood." As a nation we have tried prohibition legislation twice in the past for controlling irresponsible drinking problems. This was during National Prohibition in the 1920s and state prohibition during the 1850s. These laws were finally repealed because they were unenforceable and because the backlash towards them caused other social problems. Today we are repeating history and making the same mistakes that occurred in the past. Prohibition did not work then and prohibition for young people under the age of 21 is not working now.”
-Prohibition, when there was a banning of manufacturing and the sale of alcoholic drinks for common consumption, was attempted twice. It has been proven that it doesn’t help put a stop to drinking and this is what Ruth Engs is making a point of. Completely banning alcohol use to teenagers when they are most curious is causing them to rebel against society.
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·In other areas of the world where alcohol is not seen as a forbidden and/or taboo, these countries all have similar characteristics: “Alcohol is neither seen as a poison or a magic potent, there is little or no social pressure to drink, irresponsible behavior is never tolerated, young people learn at home from their parents and from other adults how to handle alcohol in a responsible manner, there is societal consensus on what constitutes responsible drinking. Because the 21 year old drinking age law is not working, and is counterproductive, it behooves us as a nation to change our current prohibition law and to teach responsible drinking techniques for those who chose to consume alcoholic beverages.”
- People, especially teenagers, need to learn the responsible way to drink alcohol. If more teens were informed of the proper way to handle alcohol and if they actually saw the effects that alcohol has on their body, brain, and the way they handle themselves, it may change their mind about alcohol. Not only do teens need to learn the responsible way to handle their alcohol but also they need to see the effects first hand. When drinking for the first time many teens jump right into it without any way of knowing how their body is going to react.
Cloud, John. "Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered?" Time Magazine 6 June 2008.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812397,00.html
· “John McCardell Jr., an esteemed historian of the American South and former head of Middlebury College, founded Choose Responsibility in 2006 to argue in favor of licensing 18-to-20-year-olds to drink after they have completed an exhaustive 42 hours of instruction in the history, chemistry, psychology and sociology of alcohol — which could even include sitting in on an AA session for three hours.”
- I can see why McCardell Jr. would think this is a good idea. This gives 18 year olds the chance to claim themselves as adults in the aspect of being able to consum alcohol. Though it might put some people off to the fact that they have to actually go through classes, but in the long run it will help to provide teens with the information that is not given to them otherwise.
· “After all, in almost every other legal and cultural respect, you're an adult at 18. You can vote, adopt children, sign up for Iraq or become a commercial pilot at 18. Treating alcohol differently helps turns it into a holy grail of adulthood.”
- At age 18, a person can vote, join the armed forces, own your own apartment/house, serve on a jury, get married, get a tattoo, buy cigarettes, etc. There are many things that when 18 a peron can do, but a person can not purchase/consum alcohol. What does not make sense is that a person can sign up to go fight for their country, kill other people and/or be killed while fighting but at 18 cannot drink legally.
·“…lowering the drinking age to 18 would stop infantilizing college students, but it would probably kill more of them in traffic accidents. In 2006, 2,121 people ages 16 to 20 died in alcohol-related fatalities on U.S. roads…”
-drinking and driving is the number one leading cause of death amoung 15 to 20 year olds. People who drink and drive given they are under 21 are twice more likely than people who drink and drive and are older than 21.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Working Bib
Engs, Ruth C. "Why the drinking age should be lowered: An opinion based upon research." Indiana University (1998). "Should the drinking age be lowered to 18 or 19" 20 Mar. 1998. 9 Feb. 2009 .
Fleckenstein, Annette E., and Glen R. Hanson. Drugs and Society. New York: Jones & Bartlett, Incorporated, 2005.
Giaimo, Melissa. "ABC News: Alcohol Laws: Should the Drinking Age be Lowered?" ABC News: Online news, breaking news, feature stories and more. 27 Aug. 2007. 24 Feb. 2009.
Hanson, David J. "Legal Drinking Age." WWW2 Webserver. 24 Feb. 2009.
Hyde, Margaret O., and John F. Setaro. Alcohol 101 : An Overview for Teens. New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1999.
Parker, Jennifer. "ABC News: Group Stirs Debate on Legal Drinking Age." ABC News: Online news, breaking news, feature stories and more. 9 Oct. 2007. 24 Feb. 2009.
Cloud, John. "Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered?" Time Magazine 6 June 2008.
"The Risks of Teens and Alcohol - Teen Alcohol Addiction." Teen Alcohol Addiction Adolescent Alcohol Abuse Troubled Teen Treatment Information - Teen Alcohol Addiction. 24 Feb. 2009.
Schlesinger, Robert. "The Drinking Age Debate: Time to Go From 21 to 18, But It's Not an Easy
Call." Weblog post. U.S. News. 23 Feb. 2009. 24 Feb. 2009
.
"Teen Alcohol Addiction Adolescent Alcohol Abuse Drinking Age Debate - Teen Alcohol Addiction." Teen Alcohol Addiction Adolescent Alcohol Abuse Troubled Teen Treatment Information - Teen Alcohol Addiction. 24 Feb. 2009.
Fleckenstein, Annette E., and Glen R. Hanson. Drugs and Society. New York: Jones & Bartlett, Incorporated, 2005.
Giaimo, Melissa. "ABC News: Alcohol Laws: Should the Drinking Age be Lowered?" ABC News: Online news, breaking news, feature stories and more. 27 Aug. 2007. 24 Feb. 2009
Hanson, David J. "Legal Drinking Age." WWW2 Webserver. 24 Feb. 2009
Hyde, Margaret O., and John F. Setaro. Alcohol 101 : An Overview for Teens. New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1999.
Parker, Jennifer. "ABC News: Group Stirs Debate on Legal Drinking Age." ABC News: Online news, breaking news, feature stories and more. 9 Oct. 2007. 24 Feb. 2009
Cloud, John. "Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered?" Time Magazine 6 June 2008.
"The Risks of Teens and Alcohol - Teen Alcohol Addiction." Teen Alcohol Addiction Adolescent Alcohol Abuse Troubled Teen Treatment Information - Teen Alcohol Addiction. 24 Feb. 2009
Schlesinger, Robert. "The Drinking Age Debate: Time to Go From 21 to 18, But It's Not an Easy
Call." Weblog post. U.S. News. 23 Feb. 2009. 24 Feb. 2009
"Teen Alcohol Addiction Adolescent Alcohol Abuse Drinking Age Debate - Teen Alcohol Addiction." Teen Alcohol Addiction Adolescent Alcohol Abuse Troubled Teen Treatment Information - Teen Alcohol Addiction. 24 Feb. 2009
Researching...
While working on my bibliography I found some really interesting sides either opposing or for lowering the drinking age, both of which made me think. I have researched and found many ways in which lowering the drinking age could help to change the way teens act and feel about drinking. Many articles and books i've read have suggested that for the alcohol consumption age to be lowered teens should have to attend classes where they learn about the effects drinking has, they attend an AA meeting where they go and listen to recovering alcoholics and their struggles with alcohol, etc.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Research so far...
I decided to research prohibition and alcohol consumption. I wanted to research this topic because I want to see if there is a connection between banning alcohol and if there is an increase in alcoholism. My question is either going to be: Should the alcohol consumption age be lowered in the United States? or What would the effects be if the legal drinking age was lowered? I think i'm going to use the first question because there are two sides. Also, I can incorporate the effects of lowering the legal drinking age into my paper.
Some sites I used:
http://www.indiana.edu/~engs/articles/cqoped.html
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812397,00.html
http://www.teen-alcohol-addiction.com/drinking_age_debate.php
Some sites I used:
http://www.indiana.edu/~engs/articles/cqoped.html
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812397,00.html
http://www.teen-alcohol-addiction.com/drinking_age_debate.php
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