The Legal Age Of Alcohol Consumption

Increasing the legal age for the consumption of alcohol to twenty-one is a topic that has recently sparked much debate, with many people endorsing the idea of increasing the age of alcohol consumption. This is because it is thought that implementing such a law may curb youth binge drinking and alcohol related road accidents (Drug Free Australia: 2008). However there are many reasons as to why the legal age for alcohol consumption should not be increased. These include the fact that young people will

Alcohol and the different aspects and effects in the Body What is known as alcohol? And why, if it is considered a gateway drug if it is consumed by so many people today. It is also important to know and understand why after so many tests and research that it have been performed on the effects that alcohol have in the human body, is still been available for purchase legally in the world (with exception of a few countries when it is considered illegal to consume alcohol for any purpose), Alcohol

discussion of whether the drinking age should remain at 21 or should be lowered has become a very controversial topic. While there are some doubts on lowering the drinking age to 18, there are many pros as to why we should keep the drinking age at 21, especially in an underage drinking environment. The discussion will move from the possibilities of alcohol abuse and its percusion, to the loopholes the laws and legislations concerning the use of alcohol and the minimum legal age. The conflict between lowering

Course/class Date Why the drinking age in the U.S. should be lowered to 18 Getting to 18 years of age is an important milestone for a US resident because it is the legal age for independence, allowing the individual to make his or her decisions regarding tobacco smoking, driving and even joining the armed forces while being treated as an adult by the justice system. While this statement is essentially accurate, it is untrue concerning the ability to purchase and drink alcohol. This is because the US law

The age of 21 is the appropriate age to allow the consumption of alcohol in the United States. Moreover, “the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that in 2010, 552 lives were saved by the minimum legal drinking age” (Voas, 2013, p. 1601). But traffic safety is not the only concern, if lowering the minimum legal drinking age, health and behavior issues will also be of concern. The possible consequences of lowering the minimum legal drinking age to 18 may include an

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 subjecting themselves to unsafe usage of alcohol in private or at high school parties

and Liquor: A Balancing Act Laws surrounding alcohol use and consumption in the United States all stem from one major root: the Prohibition Era of the 1920s. The Prohibition Era lasted almost thirteen years and banned the production, the distribution, and the sale of alcohol. In 1933, the Prohibition Act was repealed and states designated their own legal drinking age. In 1984 the National Minimum Drinking Age act was passed and raised the drinking age in the United States to twenty-one. This law

The legal drinking age should not be lowered in the United States for the safety of all humans. To move the minimum drinking age lower in the United States would mean that a very high percentage of people would need to be completely done growing. This is not always the case, meaning that people can have defects in their body because of alcohol consumption at a younger age. Certain men do not stop growing until past the age of 18 (http://www.newhealthguide.org/When-Do-Men-Stop-Growing.html). If

the Drinking Age be Lowered from Twenty-One to a Younger Age When people think of drinking, they think of fun games and parties. However, this depiction is wrong. When individuals under twenty-one drink, consequences emerge. In the United States, the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) is twenty-one. According to the National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA), the legal drinking age set at twenty-one saves about 900 lives on the road annually (James C. Fell). By having the drinking age at twenty-one

Changing the Minimum Legal Drinking Age in the United States Over the past twenty years the minimum legal drinking age has been twenty-one in all US states, but that has not stopped citizens of the United Sates from attempting to lower the age. Following the end of prohibition in the United Sates during the Great Depression, all states agreed on a set of twenty-one to be the legal drinking age. For almost forty years there was no change in the drinking age until a decrease in the age for voting occurred