Pros And Cons Of Raising The Drinking Age

Should we raise the the drinking age? Should we lower the drinking age? These are both questions posed by a majority of people in the United States. As a country, we have a drinking age limit of 21, thus making the consumption of alcohol under this age, illegal. Underage drinking is a problem among many high school students and most college students. They get a thrill from going against the law and “cracking open a brewski”. For some, drinking and parities are a major reason that they choose the school they go to since they have good parities and a big greek life, where most of the parties take place. The drinking age should be raised to at least twenty five. Studies done by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology state that “the brain isn't fully mature at 16, when we are allowed to drive, or at 18, when we are allowed to vote, or at 21, when we are allowed …show more content…
With the drinking age at twenty one, those kids put themselves in what can be dangerous situations such as bars and nightclubs. Even though those places can be enjoyable for someone in their very early twenties, they can be not safe for them and even people older than twenty one. Going to these locations also increases the number of DUI related accidents as well as putting themselves in unsafe situations medically based on the amount they drink. It is in the bar or nightclubs best interest financially to just keep selling alcohol to already highly intoxicated kids. Granted, some bars will cut people off when they are clearly intoxicated but nightclubs do not care and will keep selling to people to make the most money possible. Once you are drunk, it is very hard to stop drinking due to the fact that your decision making skills are very limited because of the alcohol intake. Not only twenty one year olds do not know when to stop, older people can mismanage situations as