The legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 years old and young adults should be allowed to drink in controlled environments such as restaurants, taverns, pubs, and official school and university functions. ... It should also be pointed out that massive education efforts about the perils of drinking and driving were supported by groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the alcohol industry, and state governments around the same time that the drinking age laws came into effect. ... The study also found that the magnitude of the drinking and driving problem decreased significan...

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Minors and adults" not attending school and attending WSU and Pullman High schools were interviewed and asked questions about their drinking habits and beliefs. ... This statement is the new media that WSU has been trying to get out, making itself look more and more like it is not a party school, and it has there is no drinking problem at WSU, or at least no more than other schools. ... However from the students interviewed they all agreed that WSU is a party school, they drink to do what is socially acceptable here, have fun, forget about problems, and because they like the way it makes th...

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They have to worry about peer pressure, parents, school, and what is really the right decision. ... Now everyone is driving under the influenced of alcohol. ... According to Stacy Williams in her article "Drinking and Driving", every single injury and death caused by drunk driving is totally preventable. ... Studies have been done to see what punishments for drinking and driving are more effective. ... Whitehead also reminds us that driving is a privilege, not a right. ...

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The drinking age should remain 21 to prevent drunk driving and accidents involving drinking, other risky behaviors, for health and developmental purposes, to prevent even easier access to high schoolers, to keep some control on binge drinking, for maturity purposes, and the fact that drinking can be extremely dangerous. ... Primarily to prevent drinking and driving. ... More intoxicated driver's leads to more drunk driving accidents, and more fatalities as a result of drunk driving. ... The majority of drunk driving accidents involve younger drivers. ... Since a lot of 18 year olds are s...

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Instead of denying alcohol to adults until they are 21, perhaps the government should have raised the driving age to 18, and more rigorous drivers? ... Middle schoolers, high schoolers and college freshmen drink even though it is not legal. ... Punishments for driving under the influence must be increased and always enforced. ... Zero tolerance for drinking and driving. ... I personally had the experience of being friends with a high school foreign exchange student from Poland. ...

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Many states have "Zero Tolerance Laws" which severely punish underage teens who are driving with any blood alcohol in their bodies at all. ... By the time most high school seniors graduate they have already turned 18, and those who haven't soon will. ... The theory is that by nineteen most people have completed or are at least out of high school and are out functioning in a world much older than that of their days in school. ... Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), in Dallas are strongly opposed to the plan, but haven't as of yet rallied it's troops because support for the p...

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By the time these young people are high school seniors, more than 80% have used alcohol and approximately 62% have been drunk. ... To name a few, you could get suspended from school and all extracurricular activities, revoking of ones license, and greatly increased auto insurance. ... If you are caught while intoxicated you are subject to loss or postponement of driving for 30 to 90 days, 15 to 30 days of community service and participation in an alcohol education and highway safety course. Some first time penalties are: A fine of $250 to $400 Imprisonment for up to 30 days 6 months t...

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One such example that has had a profound effect on societies views is the organization known as MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). ... (NHTSA, Feb. 1997) Since then, the number of DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) arrests, youth suicides, crime, and marijuana use has gone down in drastic numbers. ... (The Drinking Age, pg. 1) It is the one drug that high school kids experiment with the most. ... It is estimated that over seventy percent of high school seniors have these "fake ids." ... Some high school kids even reported paying homeless people to go and buy it for them. ...

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There is an estimated 15,756 deaths per year due to drinking and driving. ... This can effect their performance at work or school. ... A person who binge drinks in college had already done it in high school. ... Many college students who have kids end up dropping out of school. ... "Revulsion against the more extreme forms of drinking may be driving some students away from the drinking scene entirely. ...

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Some people of heavy binge drinking schools have written letters to school newspapers to tell the students to act more responsibly. Many parents are talking to school administrators about the binge drinking that go on at the school. This is one way if the parents aren't satisfied with the school and its drinking they can enroll their children in other schools that are better about it. Some schools may want to establish a policy of "zero tolerance." ... The state of Texas has a zero tolerance statue that states "anyone with alcohol in his or her system will lose their driving privileg...

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The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)'s research, which mainly focuses on the prevention of drunk driving, underage drinking and alcohol abuse, advises that alcohol beverage advertising along with lack of parental guidance and peer pressure is what urges youths to drink alcohol. ... Consequences of underage drinking include poor academics, arrest for driving or domestic violence while drunk, injury, assault, unprotected and unsafe sex, suicide attempts, health problems, vandalism, property damage, and sometimes death from alcohol poisoning. ... Through its variou...

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Unfortunately, experimenting with drinking by college and even high school students is still considered by many to be "normal" and, therefore, acceptable behavior. ... Nothing is more dangerous than getting into a car and driving when your abilities have been impaired by alcohol. ... In the Core survey, one-third of students (39 percent of drinkers) admitted to driving while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs within the past year. ...

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For many, high school was a time of stress and worrying about getting into a good college. ... Students who drank regularly in high school tend to engage in binge drinking during college. ... Tulane University currently has thirteen fraternities and six sororities, all which are recognized by the school. ... It was recorded that his Wynne's blood-alcohol level was nearly four times the legal driving limit. ...

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It also said the states should pass laws that helped fight drunk driving. ... It is a fact that more than three in four teenagers consume alcohol when they are high school seniors. ... Also, people are worried about driving because, generally, Americans drive more than Europeans who have a drinking age of sixteen, seventeen, or eighteen is some of those countries, making it more likely for there to be drunk drivers. ...

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Suppose you are driving down the expressway. ... For instance, creating regulations that would keep such advertisements certain distances away from schools, parks or locations wherever children are prevalent. And most importantly, alcohol awareness through the media, school programs, and warning labels must be brought about to educate people, especially adolescents, more effectively. ...

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A sixteen year old must sit through training classes, take a written test, and take a driving test. ... If the drinking age was lowered, maybe a senior in high school should be permitted to take a course that offers an outline of how to be responsible when choosing to use alcohol. ... As revealed by Maryland Underage Drinking Prevention Coalition "87 percent of high school seniors have used alcohol", and according to the NCADD, "32 percent of 12th graders have been drunk during the last month". ...

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"In 1996, local law enforcement agencies nationwide made an estimated 1,467,300 arrests for driving under the influence (DUI). ... An example of how drinking can promote serious crime would be an event that occurred several years ago when a few Bridge City High School students were at a party where they became intoxicated. ...

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In a survey of students at 140 colleges by researchers from the Harvard University School of Public Health, 44% reported binge drinking (five or more drinks in a row for men, four or more for women during the past two weeks). ... Historically black colleges, women's colleges, commuter schools and schools in the western United States have less binge drinking. ... Although there are other reasons a student may choose to binge drink, the influence of friends and the failure to exercise self-control are the main forces driving the need to consume alcohol to the point of physical harm. ... ...

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According to a recent study done in Canada on high school and college students 72% of 20-24 year olds reported drinking alcohol regularly. ... Personal Goals: Students we asked next to rate the importance of achieving certain goals during the upcoming school year. ...

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In these cases, the individuals cannot perform eye-hand coordination activities, such as driving. ... Even though some studies show that with young adults, employment rate is higher among alcoholics than non-alcoholics, the main cause can be attributed to the fact that young adults drop out of school and start working at an earlier age. ...

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