There is one topic that has been discussed and argued for over a hundred years.
The topic that has caused so much controversy is the U.S. drinking age. The drinking age
in the U.S. has been changed numerous times since it was put into action.
The U.S. use to not have any drinking age and it was just up to the parent’s
discretion if their child was allowed to drink or not, but after a while people started
getting concerned with the effects alcohol had on people and then the era of prohibition
started. In 1919 Congress ratified the 18th amendment into the Constitution, which then
gave Congress the power to control alcohol and not the state itself. Congress then made it
illegal for anyone in the U.S. to sell or consume alcohol. …show more content…
At the age of 18 in
the United States a person is trialed as an adult and can be sent to life behind bars, vote
for the person who will lead their government, join in the military for a minimum of 4
years, and get married. All of these things that an 18 year old man or woman can do are
life changing things, but they cannot even have a sip of alcohol.
According to (The legal Drinking Age: Science vs. Ideology) the changing of drinking
ages has been tested in some U.S. states and the changing of the drinking age had
virtually no effect on the amount of underage consumption. The people from Science vs.
Ideology believe that if lowering the drinking age has virtually no bad affect then why
wouldn’t an 18 year old in America disserve a drink? (The legal Drinking Age: Science
vs. Ideology)
The United States Congress clearly wants to treat every 18 year old American as
an adult, but first they need to fully commit. If Congress wants everyone in the
The topic that has caused so much controversy is the U.S. drinking age. The drinking age
in the U.S. has been changed numerous times since it was put into action.
The U.S. use to not have any drinking age and it was just up to the parent’s
discretion if their child was allowed to drink or not, but after a while people started
getting concerned with the effects alcohol had on people and then the era of prohibition
started. In 1919 Congress ratified the 18th amendment into the Constitution, which then
gave Congress the power to control alcohol and not the state itself. Congress then made it
illegal for anyone in the U.S. to sell or consume alcohol. …show more content…
At the age of 18 in
the United States a person is trialed as an adult and can be sent to life behind bars, vote
for the person who will lead their government, join in the military for a minimum of 4
years, and get married. All of these things that an 18 year old man or woman can do are
life changing things, but they cannot even have a sip of alcohol.
According to (The legal Drinking Age: Science vs. Ideology) the changing of drinking
ages has been tested in some U.S. states and the changing of the drinking age had
virtually no effect on the amount of underage consumption. The people from Science vs.
Ideology believe that if lowering the drinking age has virtually no bad affect then why
wouldn’t an 18 year old in America disserve a drink? (The legal Drinking Age: Science
vs. Ideology)
The United States Congress clearly wants to treat every 18 year old American as
an adult, but first they need to fully commit. If Congress wants everyone in the