单选题
The United States is a confederation of states. Each state has the
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to make laws with regard to the state.
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, based on public opinion, states can
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politics regarding education, and they may
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a state income tax; they also determine the speed
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, housing codes and the thinking age.
In most part of the United States, you
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be 21 years old to buy alcohol in a liquor store, bar,
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restaurant. In some states you may buy beer in a grocery store. If a store sells alcohol to a minor, the
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of the store is usually
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a large sum of money.
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, many areas have an open-container law,
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means that people may not drink alcohol on the street or in a car. Anyone
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with an open container of alcohol may be attested.
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with all of these laws, the
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of alcohol is a serious
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in the United States and Canada. Drinking on college campuses,
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there are many underage drinkers has
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greatly. In fact, alcohol sales have gone up
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the legal drinking age was
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from 18 to 21. Some people believe that if there were no legal drinking age,
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in some other countries, North American youth would drink less.