The Minimum Legal Drinking Age
The drinking age has become one of the most debated issues in the United States amongst adults and teenagers.900 lives are saved yearly by keeping the drinking age at 21 due to a decreased number of inexperienced and intoxicated drivers says Eric Oberman in the article “Keeping The Drinking Age At 21 Saves Hundreds of Lives”. Underage drinking can cause damaging effects later on in life. 5,000 people under the age of 21 die each year to alcohol related events such as, car crashes, homicide, suicide, and alcohol poisoning says Camille Paglia in the article “The Drinking Age Is Past Its Prime”. There are not any pros to lowering the drinking age to eighteen, but there are several cons. Instead of encouraging …show more content…
When under the influence of alcohol, many make decisions without putting much thought into what they are actually doing. In many of these incidents the outcome can be negative. Drinking can cause an increase in sexual and physical assault. Drinking plays a significant role in risky sexual behavior especially in teens. This includes unwanted, unintended, and unprotected sexual activity, and even sex with multiple partners. These behavior increase the risk for unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases such as STDs, and even including infections with HIV which is the virus that causes Aids. Underage drinking also not only puts yourself at risk but others as well when under the influence. Drinking leads to loud and unruly behavior, property destruction, unintentional injuries, violence, and even death. A lower drinking age will encourage younger people to drink more than they already do thus resulting in more negative behavior but within younger range of …show more content…
Also kids who start drinking at young age are at risk for alcoholism.Underage drinking may not be very prominent in the beginning but it does have lasting long term effects. Researchers have found damages in the liver when adolescents drink. Drinking alcohol during this time when you are young and going through puberty may upset the hormones that are necessary for the body.Some consequences of drinking are: memory loss, school problems, legal problems, disruption of normal growth, abuse of other drugs, changes in brain development, and death from alcohol poisoning. Youths who start drinking before the age of 15 are five times more likely to develop alcohol dependence or abuse. Teens are so drawn to alcohol because they’re going there puberty and feel vulnerable. They feel self conscious and think they need to drink to fit in. Teens drink to because they may feel stressed with school or their personal life. They look to drinking as a way to relax and feel stress free but alcohol is not the answer to these problems.
The debate is over, a higher drinking age saves lives. Lowering the drinking age was already tried and has failed, so there is no need to try again. Surveys and studies show that there are no positive outcomes from lowering the drinking age. There are only negative outcomes that come from drinking underage. Drinking is associated
The drinking age has become one of the most debated issues in the United States amongst adults and teenagers.900 lives are saved yearly by keeping the drinking age at 21 due to a decreased number of inexperienced and intoxicated drivers says Eric Oberman in the article “Keeping The Drinking Age At 21 Saves Hundreds of Lives”. Underage drinking can cause damaging effects later on in life. 5,000 people under the age of 21 die each year to alcohol related events such as, car crashes, homicide, suicide, and alcohol poisoning says Camille Paglia in the article “The Drinking Age Is Past Its Prime”. There are not any pros to lowering the drinking age to eighteen, but there are several cons. Instead of encouraging …show more content…
When under the influence of alcohol, many make decisions without putting much thought into what they are actually doing. In many of these incidents the outcome can be negative. Drinking can cause an increase in sexual and physical assault. Drinking plays a significant role in risky sexual behavior especially in teens. This includes unwanted, unintended, and unprotected sexual activity, and even sex with multiple partners. These behavior increase the risk for unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases such as STDs, and even including infections with HIV which is the virus that causes Aids. Underage drinking also not only puts yourself at risk but others as well when under the influence. Drinking leads to loud and unruly behavior, property destruction, unintentional injuries, violence, and even death. A lower drinking age will encourage younger people to drink more than they already do thus resulting in more negative behavior but within younger range of …show more content…
Also kids who start drinking at young age are at risk for alcoholism.Underage drinking may not be very prominent in the beginning but it does have lasting long term effects. Researchers have found damages in the liver when adolescents drink. Drinking alcohol during this time when you are young and going through puberty may upset the hormones that are necessary for the body.Some consequences of drinking are: memory loss, school problems, legal problems, disruption of normal growth, abuse of other drugs, changes in brain development, and death from alcohol poisoning. Youths who start drinking before the age of 15 are five times more likely to develop alcohol dependence or abuse. Teens are so drawn to alcohol because they’re going there puberty and feel vulnerable. They feel self conscious and think they need to drink to fit in. Teens drink to because they may feel stressed with school or their personal life. They look to drinking as a way to relax and feel stress free but alcohol is not the answer to these problems.
The debate is over, a higher drinking age saves lives. Lowering the drinking age was already tried and has failed, so there is no need to try again. Surveys and studies show that there are no positive outcomes from lowering the drinking age. There are only negative outcomes that come from drinking underage. Drinking is associated