The Pros And Cons Of Lowering The Drinking Age

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Possibly taking money from the younger generation would help economically, it would also cause too damage because of teen crashes. The death rate of American teens I could see easily double or even triple because of lowering the drinking age to 18. Another con is the development of the average person’s brain stops at 25 lowering the age would insure that a lot of immature people would be out there. In the 1980s a law was passed on the drinking age to be increased to 21, while some still drink at age 18 it is not done publicly. Many are still going to do it because to them they are an adult; since this law was passed it has not reduced drinking. American 18 year olds have the right to do many things such as marry, join the military, buy guns,

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