THE FICTIONAL DIVIDE

How different are 18 and 21 year-olds?

Robert Glowacki
Are we really so different?

18 Year-Olds 21 Year-Olds

Purchase Alcohol Purchase Alcohol

No Yes

Serve in the Army Serve in the Army

Yes Yes

Right to Marry Yes Right to Marry Yes

Have Children Yes Have Children Yes

Right to Vote Yes Right to Vote Yes

How old do you think they are?
How old do you think they are?
Tobacco vs Alcohol
Alcohol related Traffic Fatalities
Stages of Human Development
Adolescence
13-17

Emerging Adulthood
18-25

Young Adulthood
26-39
 Brain Development

Studies show that once 18, alcohol’s effect on the brain’s development is not
detrimental and is equal across the board into adulthood.
Maturity Levels

No two people are the same. Each has the ability to choose how to act and
maturity is not a constant variable.
 Conclusion

Debate
Works Cited
 Hanson, David. “Brain Development and Drinking Alcohol”
potsdam.edu
 http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/healthissues/1119633942.html
 “Annual Causes of Death in the US” DrugWarFacts.com
 http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/30
 “2008 Drunk Driving Statistics” alcoholalert.com
 http://www.alcoholalert.com/drunk-driving-statistics.html
 “Underage Alcohol Use among Full-Time College Students”
oas.samhsa.gov
 http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k6/college/collegeunderage.htm
 King, Bruce “Human Sexuality Today” Pearsons LLC. 2009