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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Drinking Age Should Not Be Lowered All fifty states set their minimum drinking age back to twenty one in the 1980’s because they felt that eighteen wasn’t the appropriate age. Some people did not agree with this change because at the age of eighteen people can vote‚ drive cars‚ fly planes‚ pay taxes‚ marry‚ become a legal guardian‚ own a gun‚ risk their lives a member of the U.S. armed forces. Honestly‚ today the drinking age doesn’t matter‚ whatever the age a person will always try and find a
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Drinking Age Setting the minimum legal drinking age is important for every country because of the burden of responsibility that comes with alcoholic beverages. Worldwide‚ the minimum drinking age varies but most are between 18 and 21 years. In Canada‚ this age varies with the region. Alberta‚ Québec‚ and Manitoba have set the minimum age to 18 years whereas in Yukon‚ Ontario‚ New Brunswick‚ Nunavut‚ Saskatchewan‚ Nova Scotia‚ Prince Edward Island‚ Northwest Territories‚ and Newfoundland and Labrador
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Zealand it’s 18. In the United States it’s 21‚ and in places such as China and Portugal there isn’t one at all. But what is this I’m talking about? It’s the legal drinking ages of countries around the world. Many people argue that the drinking age should be lowered to 18‚ just look at our surrounding countries with lower drinking ages. Some argue that the United States has the most careless drinkers with little self-control when it comes to alcohol usage‚ and some may even say that this is because
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KEEPING THE DRINKING AGE THE SAME I believe that the drinking age should remain at twenty-one. Underage drinking is dangerous to the drinker and the rest of society. The U.S Department of Health and Human Services analysis shows that frequent binge drinking causes young people to engage in risky behavior such as using other drugs like marijuana and shows that people tend to have sex with six or more partners. Alcohol is very unhealthy for the brain and drinking at a young age could cause many health
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from colleges such as Dartmouth‚ Virginia Tech‚ and Duke all signed a declaration that concluded that the legal drinking age should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen (cbsnews.com). This sparked a huge and heated debate that is still going on seven years later. Being a largely debated topic‚ there are multiple angles presents for both those for and against lowering the legal drinking age. While it is at times a very emotionally charged argument‚ the facts are here to speak for themselves on the
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Note: I do not encourage underage drinking. I just picked this topic because I thought it was really interesting and would catch peoples attention. Should the drinking age be lowered down to 18? When your 18 years old you are considered an adult. You can be drafted‚ drive‚ and vote. You also have many of responsibilities. If eighteen year olds are responsible and mature then why can’t they buy alcohol? People say eighteen year olds can’t handle alcohol‚ because they make to many mistakes
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Legal Drinking Age In the United States‚ the legal drinking age for all fifty states and the District of Columbia is twenty-one. The drinking age is twenty-one because the government decided this is when a person becomes legally responsible to handle the repercussions of consuming alcohol. The U.S. has the highest legal drinking age in the world. Only four countries in the world have a legal drinking age over eighteen‚ making the US an exception rather than the rule. Some people may argue that
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Teenagers become adults at the age of eighteen; they earn the responsibility to vote and to fight for our country‚ so why shouldn’t they be able to consume alcohol? Some adults feel that lowering the legal drinking age would cause more problems on the road and in bars or night clubs‚ but until we give young adults the opportunity to prove themselves‚ we are just stereotyping every eighteen-year-old. Here are a couple of reasons that lowering the legal drinking age makes sense: eighteen-year-olds
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the legal age should really be. Many people say once they turn 18 they should be able to do whatever they want. They are able to be drafted for war‚ vote for the president of the United States‚ pay bills on their own‚ have cars in their own name‚ etc. So why not be able to drink? The drinking age has become a more controversial issue lately. More than two decades ago‚ people under the age of 21 were allowed to drink ("NYRA Debates . . . “). But‚ that all changed. The minimum drinking age became 21
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