Between 1970 and 1975, 29 states lowered the minimum drinking age to 18, 19, or 20. This was due to the passing of the 26th Amendment which lowered the required voting and drinking age from 21 to 18. Both, Congress and the state legislature were pressured at that time to lower the legal age from 21 to 18. Manny young men came from the Vietnam War, and they wanted to have the right to vote and to drink as well. They risked their lives in an extremely rough war, so they felt with the capability to have their own responsibility. But in 1984, President R. Reagan signed a law called the “Uniform Drinking Age Act” [23 U.S.C. § 158], which adopted 21 as the legal drinking age (Hanson). Every state was mandated to implement the law within five years
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If any administrator finds any student drinking without the legal age, the administration will call the police, and the police will give the student a “Minor in Possession Ticket (MIP)”. Even if they had drank three beers, they will get a ticket. This ticket will brings negative aspects to any student life because it goes into its personal record. If a student has a MIP, they will need to report it to job application or any school they would like to go. Lowering the age will not only obliterate a largely ineffective law that only serves to create more red tape ( lowering the drinking age to 18) Furthermore, majority of the young adults like to do rebellion, things for fun, and because they like the adrenaline they feel about knowing the trouble they will have, if they are caught. David J. Hanson said “research has clearly demonstrated the “forbidden fruit” phenomenon among adults under the age of 21”. The “forbidden fruit” is something desired because it is not allowed, so he agrees that young adults drink because they feel the adrenaline of doing something not allowed. A professional professor gave a statistic and he says that “25% of all students under 21 compared to 18% over 21, are heavy drinkers” (2). If the age is lowered, the desire of feeling the adrenaline will be less. People think that it will be worse if the age is lowered because they think teens of ages 15-17 will than start drinking. A teen with the age of 15-17 years of age are commonly surrounded by parents or, can be easily identified anywhere. Finally, this country has a lot of different cultures. Alcohol is influenced in some of the European cultures. In Italy, wine is served with dinner to the whole table. “Alcohol is seen as a rather neutral substance in and of itself” (Hanson). Parents believes in introducing alcohol because they think it doesn’t damage nor poison anyone. Also, parents believe on
If any administrator finds any student drinking without the legal age, the administration will call the police, and the police will give the student a “Minor in Possession Ticket (MIP)”. Even if they had drank three beers, they will get a ticket. This ticket will brings negative aspects to any student life because it goes into its personal record. If a student has a MIP, they will need to report it to job application or any school they would like to go. Lowering the age will not only obliterate a largely ineffective law that only serves to create more red tape ( lowering the drinking age to 18) Furthermore, majority of the young adults like to do rebellion, things for fun, and because they like the adrenaline they feel about knowing the trouble they will have, if they are caught. David J. Hanson said “research has clearly demonstrated the “forbidden fruit” phenomenon among adults under the age of 21”. The “forbidden fruit” is something desired because it is not allowed, so he agrees that young adults drink because they feel the adrenaline of doing something not allowed. A professional professor gave a statistic and he says that “25% of all students under 21 compared to 18% over 21, are heavy drinkers” (2). If the age is lowered, the desire of feeling the adrenaline will be less. People think that it will be worse if the age is lowered because they think teens of ages 15-17 will than start drinking. A teen with the age of 15-17 years of age are commonly surrounded by parents or, can be easily identified anywhere. Finally, this country has a lot of different cultures. Alcohol is influenced in some of the European cultures. In Italy, wine is served with dinner to the whole table. “Alcohol is seen as a rather neutral substance in and of itself” (Hanson). Parents believes in introducing alcohol because they think it doesn’t damage nor poison anyone. Also, parents believe on