The minimum legal drinking age or MLDA should stay 21 because, alcohol can cause brain damage, a younger drinking age results in an increase in alcoholism, and most car accidents are alcohol related. Many people believe that when someone is of age to join the army or get married that they should also be able to purchase alcohol. Many people may not realize that this is one of the oldest arguments in the united states. The 18th amendment banned the buying, selling, transporting, and drinking of intoxicating substances. This increased crime and led to more illegal activities. Later the 21st amendment was passed repealing the 18th amendment. After the 21st amendment was in act the MLDA was 21, the controversy started when 18 was declared the
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CNN says “Almost 1out of 5 people between 13 and 19 were Drinking the first time they had sex.” There will always be teen pregnancy, people who have children in their teens can still be successful. How many of those pregnancies were caused by alcohol? How many children will grow up feeling unwanted because they were a mistake? “about 97,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 report experiencing alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape.” (College Drinking) Even though 24 is above the legal drinking age this shows that alcohol still severely affects people above the drinking age. Serious consequences can result by the abuse of alcohol. “Without mature frontal lobes, young people are less able to weigh negative consequences and inhibit impulsive behavior like binge drinking, which directly impacts the frontal lobe.” (Paturel) Binge drinking can cause permanent brain damage in people who are the legal age. The united states has not recently talked about changing the age. In some countries alcohol is forbidden to drink no matter what your age is. No matter what the minimal legal drinking age is underage kids will always find a way to get alcohol if they want it bad enough. There are parents who buy alcohol for their children. Older friends will buy it for the younger siblings or for other friends. If it matters enough they will get it. Some drive throughs do not even card everyone, there are people who look a lot older than …show more content…
People think that in countries with younger minimal legal drinking ages teens learn how to casually drink with their parents or in a social setting. Having a younger MLDA increases the risk of alcohol dependency. “For a majority of European countries, a greater percentage of young people report having been intoxicated before the age of 13.” (Friese and Grube) Being able to drink with your parents at a young age sounds nice, but is it worth all the potential health issues? Another factor that is considered is genes. There have been studies that show that certain gene formations make people more susceptible to becoming an alcoholic. Some people can be alcoholics and not even realize. According to Deborah Marrow, examples of different kinds of alcoholism in the UK are Distressed, Easygoing, Depressed, Social, Border dependent, Bored, and Macho. The classifications of alcoholism in the United States is a little different from how they group them in the UK. The types of alcoholism in the united states are Young adult, Young antisocial, Functional, Intermediate familial, and Chronic Severe. Deborah Morrow is a M.S. Addiction Psychologist. The most common reported type of alcoholism in the united states is young adult alcoholism including males and females. Alcoholics can hold a job and seem completely normal, until they start experiencing health
CNN says “Almost 1out of 5 people between 13 and 19 were Drinking the first time they had sex.” There will always be teen pregnancy, people who have children in their teens can still be successful. How many of those pregnancies were caused by alcohol? How many children will grow up feeling unwanted because they were a mistake? “about 97,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 report experiencing alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape.” (College Drinking) Even though 24 is above the legal drinking age this shows that alcohol still severely affects people above the drinking age. Serious consequences can result by the abuse of alcohol. “Without mature frontal lobes, young people are less able to weigh negative consequences and inhibit impulsive behavior like binge drinking, which directly impacts the frontal lobe.” (Paturel) Binge drinking can cause permanent brain damage in people who are the legal age. The united states has not recently talked about changing the age. In some countries alcohol is forbidden to drink no matter what your age is. No matter what the minimal legal drinking age is underage kids will always find a way to get alcohol if they want it bad enough. There are parents who buy alcohol for their children. Older friends will buy it for the younger siblings or for other friends. If it matters enough they will get it. Some drive throughs do not even card everyone, there are people who look a lot older than …show more content…
People think that in countries with younger minimal legal drinking ages teens learn how to casually drink with their parents or in a social setting. Having a younger MLDA increases the risk of alcohol dependency. “For a majority of European countries, a greater percentage of young people report having been intoxicated before the age of 13.” (Friese and Grube) Being able to drink with your parents at a young age sounds nice, but is it worth all the potential health issues? Another factor that is considered is genes. There have been studies that show that certain gene formations make people more susceptible to becoming an alcoholic. Some people can be alcoholics and not even realize. According to Deborah Marrow, examples of different kinds of alcoholism in the UK are Distressed, Easygoing, Depressed, Social, Border dependent, Bored, and Macho. The classifications of alcoholism in the United States is a little different from how they group them in the UK. The types of alcoholism in the united states are Young adult, Young antisocial, Functional, Intermediate familial, and Chronic Severe. Deborah Morrow is a M.S. Addiction Psychologist. The most common reported type of alcoholism in the united states is young adult alcoholism including males and females. Alcoholics can hold a job and seem completely normal, until they start experiencing health