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Will Increasing Alcohol Availability By Lowering the Minimum Legal Drinking Age Decrease Drinking and Related Consequences Among Youths?
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-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
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--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
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-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-
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--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
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-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
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-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
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-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.
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.