The national drinking age should be lowered to 18. Are they not adults? colleges and universities around the united states think that the drinking age should be lowered to 18. they said it should be lowered because they think that outlawing alcohol for 18 year olds is making the problem worse. these colleges and universities say that allowing alcohol consumption at the age of 18 might decrease the death rate from alcohol.
If you are over the age of 18 you are considered an adult and have to act like one. If you look at the countries that have the drinking age at 18 then you would see that there is less accidents, less parties, no students are leaving their classes to go get drunk because when it is lowered to 18 than no teenager has to hide it. 18 year olds will learn how to drink responsibly. they won't have to hide getting drunk and the cops can control them more. …show more content…
cigarettes and tobacco products are as dangerous or if not more dangerous than alcohol. one single cigarette has over 4,000 harsh chemicals and some of those chemicals are very addictive. alcohol can take years to become addictive and many tobacco products can take a few months to become addictive. According to desert hope, nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs in the world, coming in third after heroin and cocaine and before alcohol. Approximately 1,000 people that were seeking treatment for drug or alcohol abuse, 57 percent said that cigarettes would be harder to quit than drugs or