Keeping The Drinking Age At 21 Essay

On a gloomy, Saturday night, Paul Martin a 18-year old male woke up in the emergency room surrounded by doctors. The doctors told Paul that he was at risk of dying with a cracked skull and was going to end up in prison for taking the life away from 76-year old Gary Johnson in a car accident, on the way to see his grandchildren. Paul drove sober that night after stumbling drunk out of a high school party. Do you think that Paul was determined to take the poor man’s life away? Do you think Paul wanted to wake up with a cracked skull and in his way to jail? Drinking alcohol irresponsibly takes lives away. The drinking age at 21 keeps more people alive and living today. What will happen if the drinking age is changed from 21 to 18? Will the chances of all these mishaps double? Triple? or even quadruple? The drinking age should not be changed from 21 to 18-years old. First off, the drinking age should remain at the age of 21 to keep all people safe. Now that the drinking age is at 21-years old it’s preserving more lives of the people who drink alcohol and enjoy it. Over 139.6 million people drink alcohol in the U.S. More than 25,000 people have been saved since the legal drinking age is 21. The law of the drinking age prevents tragedies, it has …show more content…
Acoording to the CDC(Centers for Disease Control and prevention) everyday about 28 people in the United States die in veichle crashes involving an alcohol impaired driver. That's about one death every 53 minutes. Think about it if the drinking age is changed from 21 to 18 more people will drink at a younger age and that drunk driving rate will get higher and higher. Will the deaths increase or decrease if the drinking age is changed? Also, now there are more people that are able to drink now without a fake ID, which means more young students or young adults are at the risk of harming themselves or others. The drinking age should not be changed from 21 to 18 years