At the age of eighteen‚ in the United States‚ a person is able to: buy a lottery ticket‚ get a tattoo‚ buy cigarettes‚ enlist in the army‚ and even vote for president but is unable to drink alcohol. On July 17th‚ 1984 President Ronald Reagan signed into law the National Minimum Drinking Age Bill‚ but let’s also keep in mind that he proclaimed “Ice cream is a nutritious and wholesome food”. He obviously had questionable knowledge on health and what’s best for an individual. This law‚ although seemingly
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Lowering the Drinking Age Since the drinking age has been raised to twenty-one in 1984‚ there has been alarming evidence that illegal drinking still occurs between the ages of eighteen to twenty-four‚ more prominently on college campuses. Although there are a plethora of reasons as to why the drinking age has been raised‚ there are extensively fundamental reasons as to why the drinking age needs to be lowered in an effort to halt the rising illegal drinking rate. These reasons include teaching responsibility
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living in Winnipeg‚ Manitoba—a province in Canada. In the United States however‚ the age at which one is legally allowed to consume alcohol (21)‚ and the age of adulthood (18) are completely at odds. Once an “adult‚” one can get married‚ vote for our leaders‚ and serve our country. However one is not adult enough to go for drinks with friends. It is high time‚ that all adult freedoms are granted at the age of adulthood‚ age 18. The change of the drinking age‚ being as controversial an issue as it is
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that the current legal drinking age which is 21 should be lowered to eighteen or not. Alcohol consumption has become the number one choice drug to be used by America’s adolescents. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) wrote in their fact sheet titled “Underage Drinking”: “Particularly worrisome among adolescents is the high prevalence of binge drinking... Underage drinkers consume‚ on average‚ 4 to 5 drinks per occasion about 5 times a month. By comparison‚ drinkers age 26 and older consume 2
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The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) has been a popular debate for many years‚ and as reported by Toomey‚ Rosenfeld‚ and Wagenaar in “The Minimum Legal Drinking Age”‚ it is imperative to keep the age of 21. Alcohol is the main source of numerous problems for teenagers‚ which would escalate if the MLDA was decreased. The MLDA was lowered between 1970 and 1975 by 29 states‚ resulting in an increase in dilemmas such as “traffic crashes‚ drownings‚ vandalism‚ assaults‚ homicides‚ suicides‚ teenage
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In the U.S. the age of adulthood is 18. And with that comes many responsibilities and decisions that can now be made without consents. But there is still one thing a now young adult can’t decide on their own and that is if they will consume alcohol. The legal drinking age is not until you are 21 years of age. People argue that it should be lowered for it is an individual decision and 18 is old enough to make that decision. The legal drinking age should remain as is because the brain of a young adult
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Should the legal drinking age be lowered? The drinking age should definently not be lowered considering many factors. For one‚ the age to purchase a weapon is 18‚ which would cause many complications between drunk teenagers and the authority to purchase a weapon. Second‚ alcohol consumption in a teenagers undeveloped brain can cause many health problems later in life. Lastly‚ a teenager drinking in a bar is definently not a safe environment because many
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Drink Responsibly Drinking at an early age has been an ongoing discussion among young Americans and their opponents‚ their parents and‚ elders. Much adolescence believe that setting the drinking age at 21 does not make any difference‚ and it should even be lowered to 18‚ as many other countries hold. Even though there is no proof that not legalizing drinking age at 21 genuinely makes a difference‚ US should not lower the drinking age‚ and should maintain it at 21 years old. In their pamphlet
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Should drinking age be increased to 21. It is no secret‚ that people drink alcohol before they turn 21. Stories about drinking on college campuses and high school parties are very easy to find. That is why underage drinking can be stopped if the law were changed. The major reason that people drink at an early age is because they feel it is fun and exciting to do something they are not supposed to. However‚ if it would be lowered to 18‚ then the trill of doing something illegal would vanish
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Lowering the drinking age to 18 will have serious consequences such as the increase in traffic fatalities. According to the Foundation for a Drug-Free World‚ “in the United States in 2007‚ the death toll from teenage drunk-driving accidents was 1‚393 – nearly four fatalities every day of the year.” (Drinking and Driving‚ 2006-2015). At such youthful age‚ these teens are not responsible enough to know that they should not drink and drive. They assume that they are perfectly fine after consuming alcohol
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