Lower+the+Drinking+Age

Lowering the Drinking Age to Eighteen
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__Problem Statement:__
Young adults would learn the affects of alcohol at an age where they are under the supervision and are the responsibility of their parents/legal gaurdians.

In 1987, the legal drinking and purchasing age was increased form 18 to 21 years old. If the drinking age were to be lowered again to 18 in conjunction with an increased driving age of 20, young adults would be able to safely learn the affects of alcohol consumtion. 18is an age at which young adults can be positively influenced by the negative consequences of their actions, and by age 20 they have reached the level of maturity to safely drive a car.

I will propose the change of both the drinking age and the driving age in the United States.

__Letter to Elected Official:__
Belinda Randall 66 Hunts River Drive North Kingstown RI 02852 (401)-862-0838

December 17, 2010

The Hon. Teresa Paiva Weed Office of the President of the Senate 318 State House Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Dear Senator Paiva Weed,

I am writing to you as a constituent and a senior at North Kingstown High School. I would like to invite you to my Civics class’s event, “Dialogues in Democracy” on January 12, 2010 at seven o’clock AM until eight o’clock PM at the North Kingstown High School. At this event, along with the rest of my class, I will be presenting my proposed bill to lower the drinking age in the United States.

My personal motivation and an abundance of research to support my proposed bill, I believe that lowering the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen will be beneficial to our country’s young adults. As a high school student, I have witnessed the unsafe habits that underage drinkers adopt.



__Public Service Announcement:__
REMINDER: Dialogues for Democracy will be held at 7:00 PM Wednesday January 12th in the High School Cafeteria. You are required to be there.

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