Let 's start with the cons. The first con is that yes, legally more people would be drinking. We all know that drinking can damage your body and can cause permanent harm to you and in some cases can even kill you (alcohol rehab). Another con is that the government would have to put more money into funding programs or some other way to monitor the extra people drinking. Another con is that this could lead to more cases of drunk driving. In 2014 almost 10,000 people died because of drunk driving (CDC). With an extra window of 3 years and those three years being notorious for being irresponsible this could lead to a large and noticeable increase in drunk driving accidents and deaths. And no matter how bad I want the drinking age lowered I don’t want people to die because of
Let 's start with the cons. The first con is that yes, legally more people would be drinking. We all know that drinking can damage your body and can cause permanent harm to you and in some cases can even kill you (alcohol rehab). Another con is that the government would have to put more money into funding programs or some other way to monitor the extra people drinking. Another con is that this could lead to more cases of drunk driving. In 2014 almost 10,000 people died because of drunk driving (CDC). With an extra window of 3 years and those three years being notorious for being irresponsible this could lead to a large and noticeable increase in drunk driving accidents and deaths. And no matter how bad I want the drinking age lowered I don’t want people to die because of