My harmonious padlet by Saaim https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43 Made with a wish on a star en-us 2016-11-15 17:02:33 UTC 2026-03-17 04:07:03 UTC hello@padlet.com Countries with Drinking Age at 18 saaimali858 https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/137815742 Argentina, Australia, China, Chile, Costa Rica, Columbia, Denmark, France, Finland]]> 2016-11-15 17:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/137815742 Pros of Drinking at 18 saaimali858 https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/137817798 -18 is the age where you are technically an adult and therefore you should be able to make your own decisions on whether you'd like to drink or not.
-A 2009 study published in The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs found that between 1998 and 2005, the number of cases of alcohol poisoning deaths among 18- to 24-year-olds nearly tripled, jumping from 779 cases to 2,290
-We don't hand teenagers car keys without first educating them about how to drive. Why expect 21-year-olds to learn how to drink responsibly without learning from moderate models, at home and in alcohol education programs? 
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/02/10/you-must-be-21-to-drink/return-the-drinking-age-to-18-and-enforce-it
-Because the drinking age is 21 kids in high school and college think binge drinking is a right of passage.]]> 2016-11-15 17:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/137817798 should drinking age be lowered saaimali858 https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/137822228 -Gabrielle Glaser, the author of “Her Best-Kept Secret: Why Women Drink — and How They Can Regain Control,” writes in favor of returning the drinking age to 18:
-passing this law has decreased the amount of deaths but it has also increased the amount of DUI's
- Raising the drinking age hasn’t reduced drinking — it’s merely driven it underground, to the riskiest of settings
- This age segregation leads the drinking away from adults, who could model moderation. 

]]> 2016-11-15 17:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/137822228 http://drinkingage.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001610 gimnatkd09 https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/138141564 "Alcohol is the drug of choice among America's adolescents, used by more young people than tobacco or illicit drugs... [T]here are 10.1 million underage drinkers in the United States... 39% of current 8th graders, 58% of 10th graders, 72% of 12th graders, and 85% of college students have tried alcohol. 
America’s earlier experiment with prohibition was a notorious failure. 

]]> 2016-11-16 16:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/138141564 http://drinkingage.procon.org/ gimnatkd09 https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/138159832 2016-11-16 16:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/138159832 drinking age pro and con gimnatkd09 https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/138159882 -Allowing 18- to 20-year-olds to drink alcohol in regulated environments with supervision would decrease unsafe drinking activity.
-by not giving them the chance to drink in public places they could be prone to drinking unsupervised and also binge drinking as well which can lead to OD's or DWI's or even DUI's
-although drinking can effect the development of an 18 year old brain it is their choice to drink. They are technically an adult once they turn 18 and therefore they should make their own decisions.
-therefore if there is a concern as to DWI then we should not be waiting for what is going to happen in the future we should be doing something to prevent it such as letting our kids know the consequences and what to do if they are too "drunk" to drive.
-In 2009, the 21- to 24-year-old age group had the highest percentage of drivers in fatal crashes with blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) levels of .08 or higher – 35 percent. [9] Any increase in traffic accidents or fatalities in 18- to 20-year-olds would be offset by a decrease for those 21 and older.
-There are fewer drunk driving traffic accidents and fatalities in many countries with MLDA of 18. Although the United States increased the MLDA to 21 in 1984, its rate of traffic accidents and fatalities in the 1980s decreased less than that of European countries whose legal drinking ages are lower than 21.

]]> 2016-11-16 16:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/138159882 should the U.S. Lower it's drinking age? gimnatkd09 https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/138164865 Dwight B. Heath knows what he is about to say will sound a little crazy to most people.
When asked what the minimum legal drinking age should be in the U.S., Heath says 8, or maybe even 6.
No, the Brown University anthropology professor is not advocating getting kids drunk. Instead he favors a cultural model, common in countries like France or Italy, where parents serve small amounts of wine to their children at family meals.
By doing this, he says, parents educate their kids about alcohol and rob drinking of its taboo allure, which can make rebellious teenagers sneak off to basements and backwoods to binge drink far from adult supervision.
]]> 2016-11-16 17:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/138164865 gimnatkd09 https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/138167754  The younger people start to drink the safer they are.]]> 2016-11-16 17:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/138167754 New York Alcohol Laws saaimali858 https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/138484580 -drinking age is at 21
-Once you are 18 you are able to serve alcohol at a restaurant and a liquor store with a supervisor who is 21 years of age or older.
-if you are able to put an 18 year old in charge of this task then why do they not have the chance to drink.
-I believe the longer a child waits the more they are willing to drink.
-teenagers are getting their licenses at 16 and some are getting their hands on alcohol. Unless you want more accidents to occur you should lower the drinking age and give children the education to safe drinking or raise the age to be able to drive.

]]> 2016-11-17 17:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/138484580 Pro & Con saaimali858 https://padlet.com/saaimali858/3nq8ih2lag43/wish/139414841 -According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, underage drinking accounts for 17.5% ($22.5 billion) of consumer spending for alcohol in the United States. [16] In 2006, 72.2% of twelfth graders reported drinking alcohol at some point in their lives.
-the MLDA is not effective because teenagers are still consuming alcohol.
-Yes but now it is the 21st century and teenagers have told us in 2006 that 
-MLDA 21 promotes general disrespect and non-compliance with other areas of US law. MLDA 21 encourages young adults to acquire and use false identification documents to procure alcohol. In this era of national security concerns, including terrorism, illegal immigration, and other threats, it would be better to have fewer fake IDs in circulation and more respect for the law.

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