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Position Paper – Part Two

Name: Dan Schwab

Instructions: Please use this form as an organizer for writing your portion of your group position paper. You will be writing the second part of the paper. You should clearly and thoroughly identify possible solutions and the final solution that your group has decided on to solve the problem that you are addressing. You may use your own research and the research from other members of your group. Be sure to follow the MLA citation format that you used when completing your JRP. Your portion of the paper should be a minimum of one page in length.

III. There are many possible solutions to this problem. The possible solutions are:

By increasing taxes on alcohol, the government will make more money on alcohol because there will be three extra years of people buying it. Also, by forming an educational program on safe drinking, there would be jobs created for teachers and students would be much more educated. More of police officers' time can be spent dealing with really issues then sitting in a liquor store parking lot or canvassing a college campus seeking out parties that might have underage drinkers, because a college wouldn't have any underage drinkers. Campus police have even said that they used to have a zero tolerance policy on underage drinking on college campuses. However, it was too much work and paper work searching for every single student who had been drinking at a party, so they gave up that policy. Lowering the drinking age will also stop the dangerous underground parties and alcohol sales for people under the age of 21. It will stop underage drinkers from going to unsupervised parties and help to eliminate the risks of violent behaviors at a party and the chances of alcohol poisoning. Because it is illegal for people under 21 to drink, the underage drinkers that go to these illegal underground parties will probably be influenced to experiment with other illegal substances. Reducing the drinking age to 18 will hopefully help remove students who experiment with alcohol from moving to illicit narcotics.

IV. The solution I (we) propose is: (This section will become you proposed legislation. Be sure to include what agency will implement your law, proposed cost if any and effective date). You must also state how your bill fits within the limits of the Constitution.

The solution we propose is to lower the drinking age to 18 years of age, effective January 1st, 2012. If an individual is considered an adult at 18 years old, they will be given all adult privileges. At 18 you are required to sign up for the draft, you can purchase tobacco, you can legally leave your own home, and basically do what you want. This bill will stop 18 year olds from being denied alcohol even though they are legally considered adults. An educational class will be implemented in all schools' health classes to teach teens about the dangers of drinking and the correct and safe ways to drink. There will be very little extra costs to the schools because they are already required to teach a health class. Also, by reducing the drinking age to It will be applied by the State's Government and Federal Government can not interfere with the State's decisions by restricting financial aid to that states for things such as road construction. It just simply makes sense if you follow the constitution, stating that when you turn 18 you adopt the responsibilities of an adult. The government trusts 18 year olds with their votes and loyalty to fight for their country, but the government does not trust those to drink. Drinking alcohol should definitely be one of the privileges and responsibilities of turning 18 here in the United States of America.

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