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When a person turns eighteen we consider them an adult and they are no longer recognized as a juvenile. Before the national campaign against drunk driving was put in place the legal age for consumption of alcohol was different in each state. John hartman: "it's a form of age discrimination"
When a person turns eighteen we consider them an adult and they are no longer recognized as a juvenile. Before the national campaign against drunk driving was put in place the legal age for consumption of alcohol was different in each state. John hartman: "it's a form of age discrimination"
When a person turns eighteen we consider them an adult and they are no longer recognized as a juvenile. Before the national campaign against drunk driving was put in place the legal age for consumption of alcohol was different in each state. John hartman: "it's a form of age discrimination"
John Hartman SOC 120 Instructor: Getachew Wakgira October 14, 2013
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When a person turns eighteen years old in our society we consider them an adult and they are no longer recognized as a juvenile. They are responsible for themselves in the eyes of the law and subject to the same laws as all other adults. They can vote legally or sign contracts and even join the military as a matter of fact they can do anything any other adult can do except for drinking alcohol. Because of the high death rate associated with alcohol among people in the age range of sixteen to twenty year olds, lawmakers began discussing adjusting the minimum age. The idea was not welcomed by everybody however, "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," state Rep. Richard Marron said. "It's a form of age discrimination." ( Chiappetta, A. 2005.) Is it fair that they can be an adult but not be able to drink like one? In this paper I study both sides of the issue of drinking and soldiers under the age of twenty one. Before the national campaign against drunk driving was put into place the legal age for consumption of alcohol was different in each state with lowest being eighteen in some states. My experience in the late seventies was in Kentucky, a state that had already decided to raise the age limit to twenty one way back in 1938. However, it was just a drive across the bridge to Illinois where the limit was eighteen and that was where we bought our beer. Unfortunately for me the year before I turned eighteen they changed the law in Illinois and I thought I would have to wait until I was twenty one to drink legally. I happened to join the military in 1980 when I was nineteen so the changes would not affect me directly because the militarys rule was that each installation would follow with the state it was in., but I was denied a purchase in my home state once even in uniform. At the time I was a teen, drunk driving fatalities were at an all-time high but it wouldnt be until 1980 when MADD or Mothers Against Drunk Driving was 3.
formed. The group set the pace for the nation and eventually President Ronald Regan signed the Uniform Drinking Act in 1984 and all states would follow federal regulations requiring any person purchasing alcohol to be twenty one years old. By 1988 all states had a uniform drinking code set at twenty one years old, but that was because conforming to the new national law would secure highway funding for each state. The National Transportation Safety Board
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Annie Chiappetta, 2005 Should Drinking Age Be 18? http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=667917&page=1
http://drinkingage.procon.org/ Retrieved October 13, 2013
Rod Powers -http://usmilitary.about.com/od/justicelawlegislation/a/drinkingage.html Retrieved October 8, 2013 www.stopalcoholabuse.gov Retrieved October 12, 2013
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www.washingtonaccidentbooks.com Retrieved October 8, 2013