Lowering the drinking age
Topic: Do you think the nation’s legal drinking age should be lowered from 21? Why or why not?
For many years there has been a debate about whether or not the legal drinking age in
America should be lowered. Now a days, the legal age for someone to buy or consume alcoholic
Comment [EN1]: This should be hyphenated.
beverages is 21. Many people who are against lowering the age limit feel teenagers are not mature enough to drink responsibly. On the other hand, there are many reasons, that support my position that America’s legal drinking age should be lowered to 18.
America’s legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 because 18 year olds are already given many adult rights in our country. In the United States 18 is considered the “age of
Comment [EN2]: Thesis statement answers question and states a position. However, it could be stronger if the reasons were given and if the writer did not use first person (“I”) point of view.
Comment [EN3]: This should be hyphenated: 18year-olds.
consent.” People at that age are permitted to vote in government elections and serve their country in military service. They are also old enough to get a driver’s license and buy cigarettes. If 18
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year olds are considered mature enough to earn these important rights, they should also be allowed to buy and drink alcohol.
Another reason the age restrictions on alcohol should be lowered is because lowering the restrictions would not necessarily make more people drink. It would only make it possible for a larger portion of adults in the country to drink legally. Moreover, lowering the legal drinking age might even lessen alcohol’s appeal to young adults since they are often attracted to things that are “forbidden.”
The legal drinking age should be lowered in the United States because many other countries permit people under 21 to buy and consume alcohol. European countries such as
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For many years there has been a debate about whether or not the legal drinking age in
America should be lowered. Now a days, the legal age for someone to buy or consume alcoholic
Comment [EN1]: This should be hyphenated.
beverages is 21. Many people who are against lowering the age limit feel teenagers are not mature enough to drink responsibly. On the other hand, there are many reasons, that support my position that America’s legal drinking age should be lowered to 18.
America’s legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 because 18 year olds are already given many adult rights in our country. In the United States 18 is considered the “age of
Comment [EN2]: Thesis statement answers question and states a position. However, it could be stronger if the reasons were given and if the writer did not use first person (“I”) point of view.
Comment [EN3]: This should be hyphenated: 18year-olds.
consent.” People at that age are permitted to vote in government elections and serve their country in military service. They are also old enough to get a driver’s license and buy cigarettes. If 18
Comment [EN4]: Good use of specific details to support point.
year olds are considered mature enough to earn these important rights, they should also be allowed to buy and drink alcohol.
Another reason the age restrictions on alcohol should be lowered is because lowering the restrictions would not necessarily make more people drink. It would only make it possible for a larger portion of adults in the country to drink legally. Moreover, lowering the legal drinking age might even lessen alcohol’s appeal to young adults since they are often attracted to things that are “forbidden.”
The legal drinking age should be lowered in the United States because many other countries permit people under 21 to buy and consume alcohol. European countries such as
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