Should males and females 18 years and older be allowed to drink if they are active in the millitary? Why?

Question

I have to do a paper on why should males and females who are 18 years and older be allowed to drink if they are active in the millitary. Personally I they shouldnt but thats not what was assigned to me.PLEASE HELP THIS PAPER IS DUE TOMMOROW!!!1

I have to do a paper on why should males and females who are 18 years and older be allowed to drink if they are active in the millitary. Personally I think they shouldnt but thats not what was assigned to me.PLEASE HELP THIS PAPER IS DUE TOMMOROW!!!

Answer 1

This is your own fault for not doing your homework on time. But I will offer you the generals from both sides of the argument. You choose your own view to write about. In general the age of Americans drinking is at the age of 21 which is somewhat of an oxymoron considering at the age of 18 you can buy tobacco products. Point One: The younger the age of the person, the less tolerant he or she is towards alcohol. It is also an issue of illnesses and addictions for the brain is quite easily persuading to continue drinking. Point Two: Other nations allow youths to drink from an earlier age but only do so with proper, and culturally natural liaisons/guardians, care in order to teach through behavior and experience the various tolerances of social versus addictive drinkers. Point Three: If we are willing to sacrifice an 18 year old male or female through military services, then they have the right to "relax" and hold other more higher statuses. More importantly, it is a physiological manipulation to allow 18 year olds in the military to drink in order to make it a bit more appealing as well as mind numbing. No offense meant to those who wear the nations' colors.

Answer 2

First of all many countries have varying viewpoints on the issues. The United States has some of the strictest drinking laws, and still one of the highest drinking related crimes rates, and still is one of the leading countries in DUI related fatalities.

If you note the drinking ages from different countries (listed as one of my references,) you will find that many counties allow parents to bring teenagers into a pubs and have them drink in thier company. In addition, they also alow private party drinking among people considered to be minors in the United States.

In the United States it is illegal for a person under the age of 21 to have an alcoholic drink in thier possesion (not just injest), and for a person to sell or distribute alcohol to a minor (even if they don't know, they have the responsibility to card the suspect individual.)

Personally I don't think military service should have anything to do with whether you can drink or not. They are unrelated. I think we need to give veterans better medical care and drug benefits, not alcohol.

EDIT: BTW, you could say something like, if they can die in war, then they are old enough to drink.

Answer 3

When i was in the military, in the mid 80's, any soldier could drink on base at the enlisted club. You could also buy liquor from the class 6 (liquor store). I could go to Mexico and drink til 6 am too. Drinking age in Texas was 19 at the time. You could also drive around with open containers in the car as long as the driver wasn't drinking. My how times have changed!

Answer 4

I personally know a lot of people in the military who have drinking problems, including family members. I think they shouldn't be allow to drink ESPECIALLY since they are in the military!!

Answer 5

no they shouldn't be allowed to drink at 18 even if they are in the military.

18 year olds are adult,s however, they are still children in behaviour and maturity. yes they can go to war and fight for us, but its easy to know that 18 year olds can follow orders. And remember, they CHOSE to serve the military, not forced to, so they have to be willing to accept that they are putting their lives on the line, even if they are not old enough to drink

Answer 6

I think -all- 18 year olds should be allowed to drink. I do not agree that military service should have anything to do with it.

p.s. I am -well- over 18.