Pros And Cons Of Keeping The Drinking Age To 18
In the United States at age 18, a person is legally allowed to buy tobacco, vote, get married, enlist in the military, and work in a bar, among other privileges. However, in most states, he cannot legally drink champagne at his own wedding or have a beer with his fellow comrades. People use alcohol for numerous reasons; peer pressure, celebration, anxiety, sadness, boredom, rebellion and insomnia are just a few. Teens fall under the category of “people”. The legal drinking age is currently twenty-one, but illegally drinking age is as low as zero. Why? Is the main question asked. I can assure you the underage drinking age percentage would drop if the age is lowered.18 is the age of adulthood in the United States, and adults should have the right
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In a study done by Traci Toomey, she explains, “A higher legal drinking age was correlated with a lower number of alcohol problems among youth” (Toomey 3). Not only does Toomey believe this, but she also goes on to say that, “the minimum legal drinking age of twenty-one saves the lives of well over 1,000 youth each year” (Toomey 3). These statements can all come to does mind that is supporting the opposite of this, but it is hard to believe that it is true when there is so much underage drinking going on everywhere, and it does not seem to be able to be …show more content…
Safety of a taboo for adults newly entering college and the workforce, and make alcohol consumption a more normalized activity done in moderation. A drinking age of 21 only forces alcohol consumption behind closed doors. Always unsupervised, done in secret and too often excessive, this style of drinking among minors has no doubt been responsible for the alarming rise in rates of dangerous binge drinking at colleges. In as recent as 2006, 72.2% of twelfth graders, not even in college yet – some younger than 18, and all younger than 21 – admitted to having had consumed alcohol before. If the drinking age were lowered to 18, inevitable underage drinking would be much easier to regulate, making situations exponentially safer for all those involved. The legal drinking age in the United States should be lowered from 21 to 18 for its citizens’ own safety, because adults can and should make their own decisions regarding alcohol, and because it is unconstitutional not to give them the chance to
In a study done by Traci Toomey, she explains, “A higher legal drinking age was correlated with a lower number of alcohol problems among youth” (Toomey 3). Not only does Toomey believe this, but she also goes on to say that, “the minimum legal drinking age of twenty-one saves the lives of well over 1,000 youth each year” (Toomey 3). These statements can all come to does mind that is supporting the opposite of this, but it is hard to believe that it is true when there is so much underage drinking going on everywhere, and it does not seem to be able to be …show more content…
Safety of a taboo for adults newly entering college and the workforce, and make alcohol consumption a more normalized activity done in moderation. A drinking age of 21 only forces alcohol consumption behind closed doors. Always unsupervised, done in secret and too often excessive, this style of drinking among minors has no doubt been responsible for the alarming rise in rates of dangerous binge drinking at colleges. In as recent as 2006, 72.2% of twelfth graders, not even in college yet – some younger than 18, and all younger than 21 – admitted to having had consumed alcohol before. If the drinking age were lowered to 18, inevitable underage drinking would be much easier to regulate, making situations exponentially safer for all those involved. The legal drinking age in the United States should be lowered from 21 to 18 for its citizens’ own safety, because adults can and should make their own decisions regarding alcohol, and because it is unconstitutional not to give them the chance to