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Thierry Bazola
English 112-78
Professor Connie Douglas
14 September, 2016
Proposal of line of Inquiry
Topic of the research paper: Should the US lower its drinking age?
Introductory statement
The United States of America is one of the rare country in the world with a
surprising legislation about the legal age of drinking. European countries
have a different perception of alcohol and age and age consumption. The
debate on the opportunity to lower the drinking age in the U.S or no is an
example of one of the very controversial topic that divide Americans people.
The numbers are used to prove the rightness of each position but in general
77% of the Americans people are opposed to the idea to lower the minimum
age to drink an alcoholic beverage.
This topic is important not only for the safety of young people and others
exposed to the fatalities on the Americans Highway but also to show the
difficult choice for the lawmakers between the reality and the common
thinking of the people who for them.
The Voice

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The first voice for a better understanding of this topic is the scientific
community.
The second is the safety officials in the country and the last one is the voice
of different nongovernmental organizations that work every day to enforce or
reduce the law about the minimum legal age to purchase and consume
alcohol.
Bibliography
A. Favorable to the lowering the age
1. Main, Carla T. "Underage Drinking and the Drinking Age." Policy
Review.155 (2009): 33-46. ProQuest. Web. 15 Sep. 2016. This article
is a strong opinion on the The Amethyst Initiative by the
presidents of college in the U.S. For the author of this article the
laws on the legal drinking can be enforced .
2. Carpenter, Christopher, and Carlos Dobkin. "The Minimum Legal
Drinking Age and Public Health." The Journal of Economic
Perspectives 25.2 (2011): 133-56. ProQuest. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
The author author of this article try to develop "a series of changes
that will allow 18-20 year-olds to purchase, possess and consume
alcoholic beverages." In response to Amethyst Initiative .
3. Asch, Peter, and David T. Levy. "Does the Minimum Drinking Age
Affect Traffic Fatalities?" Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
(1986-1998) 6.2 (1987): 180. ProQuest. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
B. Unfavorable to the lowering the age
1. Huckle, Taisia, and Karl Parker. "Long-Term Impact on AlcoholInvolved Crashes of Lowering the Minimum Purchase Age in New

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Zealand." American Journal of Public Health 104.6 (2014): 1087-91.

ProQuest. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
2. "No Need to Lower Drinking Age Limit." Wyoming Tribune EagleAug 25 2008. ProQuest. Web. 15 Sep. 2016 .
3. McCartt, Anne T., Laurie A. Hellinga, and Bevan B. Kirley. "The
Effects of Minimum Legal Drinking Age 21 Laws on Alcohol-Related
Driving in the United States." Journal of Safety Research 41.2
(2010): 173. ProQuest. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
4. Wechsler, Henry, PhD., and Toben F. Nelson ScD. "Will Increasing
Alcohol Availability by Lowering the Minimum Legal Drinking Age
Decrease Drinking and Related Consequences among Youths?"
American Journal of Public Health 100.6 (2010): 986-92. ProQuest.
Web. 15 Sep. 2016. This article published in the American Journal of
Public Health is an excellent analyze and try to demonstrate that
alcohol use health consequences are considerable. For the author ,
the solution pass by the Prevention efforts , particularly for
adolescents and college students.

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