The National Minimum Drinking Age Act in 1984 set the drinking age in the US to 21 and there has been an intense debate ever since of whether or not the age a person is allowed to drink should be changed back to the age of 18. On one hand, you have some people who say the drinking age should not be lowered because it would increase drunk driving and alcoholism. On the other hand, there are people who question why we can vote, get married, join the military, buy guns, and serve on juries at the age of 18 but not be able to drink. Despite all the controversy, people should be allowed to drink at the age of 18 because it would actually be beneficial by providing safer drinking environments for teens, it would help the economy, and because in other countries with lower minimum drinking age there are less cases of alcohol poisoning.
Despite the fact that the current minimum legal drinking age is 21, there are still many young teens who are drinking alcohol in unsupervised areas like fraternity parties and house parties and engaging in dangerous behaviors like binge drinking. In a study published by The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, it was discovered that between the years of …show more content…
If the drinking age were lowered, businesses like clubs, bars, restaurants and other business would flourish due to the increase in the amount of people. This would then increase revenue for business owners especially clubs that hosts bands and the government would benefit as well by collecting greater amounts of tax revenue. As stated by Ray Waddell, “Eighteen-year-olds seek hot new bands. Clubs host these bands, but usually make their profits off the bar. Do the math” (1). Tourism in the US would also increase as more young adults would want to come here knowing they can drink alcohol like in their respective countries. The economy would benefit from this a lot if the drinking age were
Despite the fact that the current minimum legal drinking age is 21, there are still many young teens who are drinking alcohol in unsupervised areas like fraternity parties and house parties and engaging in dangerous behaviors like binge drinking. In a study published by The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, it was discovered that between the years of …show more content…
If the drinking age were lowered, businesses like clubs, bars, restaurants and other business would flourish due to the increase in the amount of people. This would then increase revenue for business owners especially clubs that hosts bands and the government would benefit as well by collecting greater amounts of tax revenue. As stated by Ray Waddell, “Eighteen-year-olds seek hot new bands. Clubs host these bands, but usually make their profits off the bar. Do the math” (1). Tourism in the US would also increase as more young adults would want to come here knowing they can drink alcohol like in their respective countries. The economy would benefit from this a lot if the drinking age were