more so now than before, about lowering the legal drinking age from 21 to 18 years of age. Realistically, to do so would be unideal. From 1609 when the first colonist arrived in Jamestown in 1919, in the United States of America there were no age restrictions on alcohol consumption or purchase. Prior to Prohibition drinking laws varied by state, and there was no national law in concerns to a drinking age. Most states had no laws establishing a legal drinking age. In 1920, the 18th Amendment to the
Eighteen should be the legal age of adults in United States for using alcohol. There are three reasons to support this contention. First of all, the development of people’s brain will not be completed until people become 25 years old. Therefore, although drinking alcohol may cause some affects the brain, there is no evidence of huge brain destruction, alcohol dependency, or alcohol misuse, which the experts tell us will be the undeniable result of the lowering the age in the United States. Moreover
The article from Jay Evensen oppose the idea of lowering the age-limit for drinking to 18. He oppose the idea because he believe that by lowering the drinking age, there will be an increase in mortality for the youth (which in this case below 21). He believes that it is true that the 21-years-old drinking age creates lots of binge drinking activities, but it is not the solution to lower the drinking age because the cost that might happened will be even worse. He stated that “there really is no logical
active from 1920 to 1933 and during that time alcohol was still sold illegally. It’s obvious to everyone that it’s not something we should drink, but that doesn’t stop people. Although, there’s debate over whether the drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18. Lowering the drinking age would be terrible idea because it would interfere with brain development, increase alcohol consumption, lead to more bad behaviours later in life and also increase traffic fatalities. People’s brains continue to develop
legal drinking age in America has been 21 for about 32 years. There are many discussions going around about the pros and cons of lowering it back down to 18. While drinking alcohol under the age of 21 is illegal in america, does it really stop teenagers from drinking before they turn 21? Some states have have exceptions of this law for specific reasons which are, at home, under adult supervision, religion, and other reasons. There are plenty of people that are considering lowering the drinking, as
Drinking at 18 legal or not Changing the drinking age from 21 to 18 has been a controversial argument for many years now, Even though every states legal drinking age is 21 there is some states that make certain exceptions in some situations. There is many pros and cons to changing this such as a good thing is some 18 year olds may not binge drink as they do when they turn 21. If 18-20 year olds are allowed to drink in supervised locations such as bars and restaurants it would be a much safer environment
Underage drinking. It’s all the rage in this generation. Youths everywhere are subjecting themselves to excessive amounts of alcohol at illegal ages, and the consequences are evident all around us. Every year over 5,000 kids under the age of 21 die from alcohol abuse, 1 in 5 10th graders will resort to binge drinking, and alcohol continues to damage developing teen brains (Let’s Stop Teen Drinking Tragedies). While they may not be seen in night clubs in bars, people between the ages of 18 and 21 are
Lowering the Drinking Age In America today the age 18 is the transition to adulthood. Many rights are changed at the transition. One of the freedoms withheld is drinking legally.The drinking age should be lowered because in america today the age 18 is the transition to Adulthood. Many of the rights a person didn’t have they now have when they transition to age 18. When a person turns 18 one of the freedoms withheld is drinking legally. If the right was passed to be able to drink at 18 there would
the legal drinking age in the United States should remain at twenty-one years old or if it should be lowered. This debate has been going on for years. Underage Drinking and the Drinking age”, written by Carla T. Main, represents the side of the argument that believes that the drinking age should remain at twenty-one. While,” Underage drinking: Does Current Policy Make Sense, written by Judith G. McMullen, represents the side of the argument that believes that the United States drinking should be
Should the drinking age be lowered from 21 to 18? Many people are thinking that it should, but then others think it should stay the same or even be risen. The thought of lowering the drinking age scares people, but it has many advantages to it. I feel the drinking age should be lowered for a number of different reasons that some people may agree with, but others simply do not. They think the negative consequences outweigh the positive consequences, but that is not true. There are many benefits of