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can prevent DUIs which can lead to fatalities. If it can help save lives, I think it makes itworth it.I do not agree with the logic that when laws are too difficult or expensive to enforce thatwe should dispense of them. To agree with that would be like saying, it is too difficult toprevent drug use so we will legalize it. It is too difficult to prevent people from drinkingand driving so we will make it legal. Children continue to drive before the age 16 withoutany form of license so we will lower the age to 13. (Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it?)
Which of the following does Hurley use to support his conclusion?statistics showing how driving fatalities go down when the drinking age is increased and up whenthe drinking age is decreasedMany complex societal issues involve numerous competing arguments rather than a single,straightforward, indisputable answer. How does Leslie Stahl summarize the “conundrum” of theminimum-21 drinking law?Leslie advocates that the conundrum is that a law that has reduced highway deaths maybe contributing to an increase in off highway deaths.
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Spring '13
Sheffield
Law,Drinking culture,younger age,Alcohol law,Legal drinking age