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Corey Hamilton English 1020 November 30th, 2015 The consumption of alcohol by persons under the age of twenty-one in the United States is illegal. People aged twelve to twenty years old drink eleven percent of all alcohol consumed in the United States each year. More than ninety percent of this eleven percent of alcohol consumed by underage persons each year is consumed in the form of binge drinking. Binge Drinking is the consumption of an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time. Binge drinking is the most dangerous form of drinking because a person does not realize how much alcohol they have consumed or how much this alcohol will affect them. Although there are people who do not believe the drinking age should be lowered because the amount of alcohol related car accidents and deaths prevalent among young adults, the drinking age should be lowered so that young adults can learn to drink responsibly and reasonably, without having to binge drink. In 1972, Michigan lowered the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen. At this time, the decision of the minimum legal drinking age was a right that was left up to each state. The push to lower the drinking age to eighteen was due to two different factors. The first was due to men and women soldiers returning home after the Vietnam War who said that if they were old fight for our country at a time of war; they were old enough to consume alcohol when they returned home. Furthermore, male soldiers who did not voluntarily enlist also argued that if they were old enough to be drafted into the war, instead of voluntarily going to war like the women who fought during this time, they should be allowed to consume alcohol when they returned home. In many states these arguments were valid enough to lower the drinking age at that time. The other factor that called for states to lower the minimum legal drinking age was the 26th Amendment which lowered the national voting age to eighteen; people believed that if they could be a voting member of society at eighteen they should be allowed to consume alcohol as well.
I-Search Question: Should the drinking age in the United States be lowered, completely abolished or left at twenty one?
Although there are people who do not believe the drinking age should be lowered because the amount of alcohol related car accidents and deaths prevalent among young adults, the drinking age should be lowered so that young adults can learn to drink responsibly and reasonably, without having to binge drink, which is the most common and dangerous form of alcohol consumption among young adults. Work Cited- Argument Essay
Source 1- Ackleh, Azmy. Fitzpatrick, Ben. Jacquez, Geoffrey. Rasul, Jawai. Rommel, Rober. and Scribner, Richard. “Heavy episodic drinking on college campuses: does changing the legal drinking age make a difference?” Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 72.1 (Jan. 2011): p15. Print. Source 2- McKim, William A., Quinlan, Terrance. “Changes in Alcohol Consumption with Age” Canadian Journal of Public Health / Revue Canadienne de Santé Publique. Vol. 82, No. 4 (July / August 1991), pp. 231-234. Print. Source 3- Wechsler, Henry., Nelson, Toben F. “Will Increasing Alcohol Availability by Lowering the Minimum Drinking Age Decrease Drinking and Related Consequences Among Youths?” American Journal of Public Health. 100.6. (Jun. 2010) Pg. 986-982. Print. Source 4- Percy, Andrew, and Michael McKay. "The Stability of Alcohol Consumption between Age 16 and 26: Evidence from a National Birth Cohort Study." Journal of adolescence 44 (2015): 57. ProQuest. Web. 11 Nov. 2015. Source 5- Nelson, David E., et al. "Metropolitan-Area Estimates of Binge Drinking in the United States." American Journal of Public Health 94.4 (2004): 663-71. ProQuest. Web. 11 Nov. 2015. Source 6- Wagenaar, Alexander C., and Mark Wolfson. “Enforcement of the Legal Minimum Drinking Age in the United States”. Journal of Public Health Policy 15.1 (1994): 37–53. Web... Source 7- Fact Sheets - Underage Drinking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm (Oct. 2014) Team up with at least one other person that has selected the same journal.
Go to that site and read a two to three titles and their introductions. 1.What are the genre features of the titles/introductions? 2.If time, continue reading the first few body paragraphs? 3.Do you notice an other common features? 4.Which type of argumentation do the papers seem to be? (Classical or Rogerian?) Answers 1. Define terms(2-3), Explain exactly what they are going to be talking about, background information, clearly stated thesis by end of introduction, original (specific) titles. 4.Classical The Journal I am going to submit my paper to will be The Berkeley Undergraduate Journal (http://learning.berkeley.edu/buj). I chose this journal because they accept all kinds of research papers, which is the only one my paper would make sense to submit to. My paper does not fall under any of the categories for the other journals.Primary Source:
Will Increasing Alcohol Availability By Lowering the Minimum Legal Drinking Age Decrease Drinking and Related Consequences Among Youths? -The source link: http://search.proquest.com/docview/347533689/D0B28A5774FC4875PQ/1?accountid=14925 -I found this source by using ProQuest. -I searched "lower United States Drinking Age". -This article is scholarly peer reviewed. -Some Information that will be helpful for making my argument, from this source is; -drinking among those aged 18-20 years has remained stable during this time period for both college students and their peers who were not in college -Approximately three quarters of college students aged 18-20 years drank alcohol in the past year -One national survey found that fewer than 1 in 10 underage students who drink alcohol reported experiencing any consequences for violating alcohol policies imposed by their college -Although the level of enforcement of the minimum legal drinking age of 21 years is low nationally -One impetus for the reduction in the US minimum legal drinking age to 18 years in the 1970's was the institution of the Selective Service -System to draft eligible males aged 18 to 25 years into compulsory military service during the Vietnam War. The rationale was that men old enough to serve in the military were old enough to drink alcohol. -Alcohol-related deaths among adolescents and young adults have increased in recent years. Source Two: Changes in Alcohol Consumption With Age -The source link: http://up7af9tu5s.search.serialssolutions.com/&genre=article&sid=ProQ:&atitle=Changes+in+alcohol+consumption+with+age&title=Canadian+Journal+of+Public+Health&issn=00084263&date=1991-07-01&volume=82&issue=4&spage=231&author=McKim%2C+Willam+A%3BQuinlan%2C+L+T -This source came from ProQuest as well. -I searched "Drinking age, United States". -This source is scholarly peer reviewed. --Some Information that will be helpful for making my argument, from this source is; -The amount of alcohol consumed goes down as age goes up -More alcohol is consumed by adults ages 18-26 than those above 30 -males drink more frequently and in much greater quantities than females -males drink more due to high percent body water, meaning, their body can handle more alcohol Source Three: Heavy Episodic drinking on college campuses; Does changing the legal drinking age make a difference? http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA249876954&v=2.1&u=lom_waynesu&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w -This source came from the Gale library. -I searched "Drinking age, young adults" -This source is scholarly peer reviewed. -Some information that will be helpful for making my argument, from this source is: -College students tend to adjust their drinking habits based on what they perceive to be the norm of their peers around them -When moderate drinker's were placed together with heavy drinker's, the moderate drinker's began to drink more than before. -When light drinker's were placed together with moderate drinker's, they also began to drink more than before. -lowering the drinking age would allow students on college campuses to partake in drinking in a more relaxed environment Source Four: The stability of alcohol consumption between age 16 and 26: Evidence from a National Birth Cohort Study- -The source link: http://up7af9tu5s.search.serialssolutions.com/&genre=article&sid=ProQ:&atitle=The+stability+of+alcohol+consumption+between+age+16+and+26%3A+Evidence+from+a+National+Birth+Cohort+Study&title=Journal+of+Adolescence&issn=01401971&date=2015-10-01&volume=44&issue=&spage=57&author=Percy%2C+Andrew%3BMcKay%2C+Michael -This source was found on Proquest. -This source is scholarly peer reviewed. -I found this source by searching "alcohol consumption, young adults". --Some Information that will be helpful for making my argument, from this source is; -Moderate teenage drinkers tended to be moderate adult drinkers. -people who drink more at a young age tend to be heavy drinkers their whole lives Source Five: Metropolitan-Area Estimates of Binge Drinking in the United States Nelson, David E; Naimi, Timothy S; Brewer, Robert D; Bolen, Julie; Wells, Henry E http://search.proquest.com.proxy.lib.wayne.edu/docview/215090222?accountid=14925 -This source came from ProQuest Research library -I searched “Drinking, Youths, United States” -This source is a popular source -Information that is relevant from this source is: - Binge drinking is an especially hazardous pattern of alcohol consumption that causes a substantial proportion of alcohol-related deaths - Binge drinking most commonly occurs among males, younger persons, and persons residing in urban or suburban areas - Binge drinking was significantly more common among persons aged 18 to 34 years than among those aged 35 years and older in 18 of the 20 metropolitan areas with the highest binge-drinking estimates. Source Six: Enforcement of the Legal Minimum Drinking Age in the United States Alexander C. Wagenaar and Mark Wolfson Journal of Public Health Policy Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring, 1994), pp. 37-53 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3342606?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents -This source came from Google scholar -I searched “Drinking, United States” -This source is a popular source -Information that is relevant from this source is: -92% of high school seniors report consuming alcohol at some point in their lives -64% report being current drinkers -35% report being intoxicated regularly (5+ drinks per occasion) -junior and senior high school aged youth drink an estimated approximately 31.2 million gallons of wine coolers per year (approximately 35% of all wine coolers sold annually) Source Seven: Fact Sheets - Underage Drinking http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm -This source came from Google Scholar -I searched “Drinking, Youths, United States” -This source is a scholarly source -Information that is relevant from this source is: -The 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey6 found that among high school students, during the past 30 days •35% drank some amount of alcohol. •21% binge drank. •10% drove after drinking alcohol. •22% rode with a driver who had been drinking alcohol. - In 2010, there were approximately 189,000 emergency rooms visits by persons under age 21 for injuries and other conditions linked to alcohol. - Although drinking by persons under the age of 21 is illegal, people aged 12 to 20 years drink 11% of all alcohol consumed in the United States. More than 90% of this alcohol is consumed in the form of binge drinks. - On average, underage drinkers consume more drinks per drinking occasion than adult drinkers. 1. What is the primary purpose of the academic argument essay (what does it seek to do)? 2.What is the difference between Classical and Rogerian argument?
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