Benefits Of Raising The Drinking Age

Transitioning from a high school environment to a bigger and more exposed setting has been very difficult in these past years. Raising the drinking age to 21 in 1984 did not make it any easier among these college students, instead it has become a major problem. An act called The National Minimum Drinking Age Act, cause many of these doors to open and allowed many problems pass by. These problems are noticed more in today’s incoming freshmen who become exposed to the privileges of drinking once they turn 21. These students become influenced by the friendships they gain and the environment they surround themselves in. Since many college students are influenced easily by their surroundings, the drinking age need to be raised higher to a more
The environment and the transition of high school students to independent college students can be an overwhelming power for incoming freshmen in college. “Upon college entry, students gain independence from their family and relative freedom from obligations and commitments to others.” Many of the incoming students tend to feel more independent and free to do things by themselves without help or consent. These students then try their best to fit in with the crowd, it’s human nature to want to feel accepted in any way. Unfortunately many of the students get the wrong kind of attention. This is where drinking becomes an issue. “These drinking patterns are affected by environment and temporal characteristics specific to the college environment.” The environment can be an important part in students lives, it can start their drinking
If the drinking age was to rise there would be less problems with underage drinking. There would also be less drinking and driving accidents. Most importantly there would be less misuse of alcohol with college aged students. Raising the drinking age can really help improve the percentage of college aged students who are caught drinking and driving or that cause terrible accidents that can result with their death or passenger’s death. It can also bring back some peace to worried parents that stay up all night waiting and hoping their child can come home. The legal age to drink and purchase alcohol should raise to a more mature and safer age where there would be less worrying and more