Legal drinking age

change, states kept the drinking ages higher around 21. It wasn’t until the passing of the 26th amendment that lowered voting ages from 21 years of age to 18 years. Soon thereafter states began to lower there MLDA, or minimum legal drinking age. After this the Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 became active. Hanson goes on to explains, “The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required all states to raise their minimum purchase and public possession…

Between 1970 and 1975, 29 states lowered the minimum drinking age to 18, 19, or 20. This was due to the passing of the 26th Amendment which lowered the required voting and drinking age from 21 to 18. Both, Congress and the state legislature were pressured at that time to lower the legal age from 21 to 18. Manny young men came from the Vietnam War, and they wanted to have the right to vote and to drink as well. They risked their lives in an extremely rough war, so they felt with the capability to…

Of the 190 countries, 61% have a drinking age of 18 or 19 years old (Drinking Age ProCon.Org). The United States is one of only 12 countries that has a MLDA of 21. It’s hard to think that in the land of the free, when you’re 18 years-old you can serve your country and vote, yet you can’t have a sip of alcohol. We tell teens it’s time to grow up, move out of the house, choose your career, and know exactly what you want to do with your life when you turn eighteen; but they aren’t grown up enough…

personal opinion on the current drinking age of twenty one . Some believe the drinking age should be lowered. But on the other hand, people believe the drinking age of twenty one is the right choice. Although many believe the drinking age should be lowered to save society from detrimental consequences, others claim the current drinking age of twenty one reduces serious effects on children and adults. Some feel as if drinking age is a current problem. Drinking age limits have been around a very…

A legal limit of 21 does not stop people under 21 from consuming alcohol. Americans under 21 years old continue to use alcohol despite the law. Teenagers will still find a way to drink alcohol so why not lower the drinking age. It’s just like saying I’m never goanna eat junk food but you eventually will. A lower drinking age would allow parents, families, and other guardians to instill safe drinking practices with their children in actions like drinking too much or making bad decisions. As it is…

while you are under the age of 21 without serious punishment. Why is this and what is the logic behind it? The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 set in place to enact a minimum drinking age to 21.…

Alcoholism every year over five thousand young people under the age of twenty-one die as a result from underage drinking; this includes 1,900 from death of motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 from homicides, 300 from suicide, and hundreds more from other injuries such as falls, burns, and drownings. I mean come on do you really want to support something that will only cause harm to more teenagers? I am completely against lowering the drinking age.…

involve minors and can be linked to drinking underage. Every state in the union has a legal drinking age of twenty-one years old. The purpose of this law is to keep minors out of danger: away from drunk driving, alcohol poisoning, and injuring the brain before it is fully developed. Unsafe situations are created by the current laws by it’s ineffectiveness to eliminate underage drinking, driving while drunk, and deaths from alcohol poisoning. Lowering the drinking age to eighteen years old, is an…

When you think about underage drinking, what do you see? Is the scene you see one of intoxication and violence? If so, you are not alone, but this does not have to be true. I believe that Responsible Underage drinking is something that can happen and if we lower the drinking age to 18, there will be more time to teach teens how to handle alcohol responsibly. This nation is entering a time of great change-maybe this law should change with it. In America, at the age of 18 you’re considered an…

negative effects of underage drinking are obvious to see. The U.S. Congress “passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act in 1984, establishing 21 as the minimum legal purchase age” for a reason. (“21 Legal Age” 1) As underage drinking often causes health issues and risks of drinking & driving in today’s society, the United States government should maintain the minimum drinking age at 21 years-old as opposed to lowering it. In general, alcohol consumption of any age is unhealthy and dangerous,…