Drinking

Age doesn’t make a difference in Drinking Under the Influence (DUI) accidents or fatalities of drinking behind the wheel. In fact, there are absolutely no correlations between the Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) being 21 in America versus other places, such as Italy, that have a MLDA of 18 and lower. Furthermore, multiple studies taken everywhere have noted that moving the imbibing age to 18 years does not have an impact of deaths relating to alcohol besides DUI’s, such as Alcohol Poisoning.…

Estimates from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration claim every year nine hundred lives are saved by the drinking age being set at twenty-one. In 1984 the federal government passed a law that the minimum drinking age should be twenty-one in all states, and since then drunk driving rates have dropped fifty-four percent. While lives have been saved by the minimum age being raised the law is outdated because there are better safety features in vehicles and punishments for…

the national legal drinking age from twenty-one years old to eighteen years old in order to guarantee the rights and safety of those otherwise considered legal adults. The battle to lower the legal drinking age pins U.S. citizens’ pursuit of happiness and equality against others’ common good. At eighteen years old you’re expected to behave like an adult and be a productive member of society and many believe being able to drink is a right they have…

strict policy against underage drinking. On July 17, 1984 The National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed by the United States Congress. This act permitted anyone under the age of 21 to purchase or consume any alcohol in all 50 states. This act has had quite an impact of over the years on America’s youth. It has led the public to question whether this law should lower the drinking age. The government has responded by actually taking a look into reducing the drinking age from 21 to 18. Many…

The Fight for the Drinking Age The drinking age of 21 in the United States has been refuted by many people. However, others want to keep it the same. For one, since the drinking age was set to 21, there has been decreasing levels of alcohol consumption in adults over and under 21 ("Fact"). Another reason is consumption of alcohol can be dangerous, even deadly. Alcohol is the leading cause of death for youths and it accounts for 75,000 deaths in the U. S. annually (Wechsler). Laws have been…

Should we maintain the drinking age at 21 There is one thing that is very confused. Why the American people get a gun that is easier than they drink alcohol? The drinking age is an arguable topics in the USA. Some people support to lower the drinking age, but some people don't. From the historical research, since July 1984, all U.S. states have laws that need people to be at least 21 years old to buy alcohol. Under this law, the minimum legal drinking age is effective to reduce the rate of crime…

n my paper I argue why the drinking age in the United States should be preserved at the current age of twenty-one because it has shown to decrease the amount of drunk driving incidents. In the past history of the United States, the impurities of alcohol have shown to lead to poor judgment in the means of getting into a motorized vehicle after consuming a large quantity of alcohol. In the mid 1970s of the United States, alcohol was involved in 60% of traffic fatalities, and alcohol was the…

drink alcohol is 21 years old. The National Minimum drinking age act prohibited people under 21 in the United States to drink alcohol. Before 1984 the legal drinking age was 18 years old. There are many pros and cons to lowering the drinking age. Alcohol poisoning, drunk driving accidents, and stupid actions while being drunk happen to 18 year olds and 21 year olds the same even with the drinking again being 21. Some pros of the minimum drinking age being lowered are that 18 is the age of…

Drinking Age The age of 21 is when people finally get the right to drink alcohol, but why isn’t it at the age of 18? Consuming alcohol can become dangerous if not careful or under supervision, but this shouldn’t keep 18 year olds from having the right to drink. At this age people are considered to be at the stage of adulthood and should be treated like adults. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, establishing the legal drinking age at 21. This act…

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…