Legal drinking age

Teenagers who are involved with underage drinking, don't understand the consequences, yet 4,700 teens are the victims of drinking and driving each year. Some people believe that drinking alcohol overall isn't a problem. Let's say your best friend comes up to you and asks you to drink with them, would you? Sometimes kids end up getting addicted to drinking, because they first started drinking around the ages of 10 to 14. There are many reasons of why people think this isn't a problem anymore,…

Underage Drinking Underage drinking is a massive problem nationally. About 5.4 million people ages 12 through 20 participate in underage drinking in the United States. Many teens who try alcohol for the first time don’t realize the effect it can have on their lives. Aside from the legal consequences that can result from underage drinking it also can effect the development of a persons brain. When a teenager consumes alcohol I believe they know what can happen legally, but they do not know that…

their minimum drinking age to 21. It has been a debate across the country since the rule was set in place. Should the drinking age be lowered or not? I believe that the age should not be lowered because teenagers have been proven time and time again to be very irresponsible. At the age of 21 they are officially adults and are more mature than when they were 18. Therefore, they can make smarter decisions like non-drinking and driving. Too many accidents happen because of underage drinking and…

Litre in 2008-2010, with beer being the most popular choice. The prevalence of heavy episodic drinking in 2010 is 17.8% in the general population versus 23.1% in drinkers, more often in male drinkers. Furthermore, government data showed 76% Canadian reported AC in the past year and Quebec reported a highest percentage. It also showed 60% youth age 15 to 19 reported recent drinking. However, the heavy drinking rate started to decline since 2012 (Health…

day and age advertisements are everywhere social media, television, radio and billboards, promoting everything from Weight-Loss programs, Alcoholic Beverages to my newest favorite WeedMaps (an app that allows you to find dispensaries and doctors). It is said that advertisements for alcohol has increased by 400% in the last 40 years. This type of aggressive promotion has ensure that audiences of all ages are being reached. How people view alcohol and its effects, influence their drinking behavior…

Drinking age should be lowered to the age of 18 There is no taboo subject in America quote like underage drinking. The principal problem is not the age of drinking, but the hidden binge side of it. When it comes to the law, there is always an opinion. A reform should be made about the age of drinking for numerous reasons in my personal viewpoint. In the U.S, at the age of 18, one can legally vote, buy cigarettes, and join the army, to cite a few things. Going against the law, critics recommend…

(“Legislative”). To most, the topic of drunk driving is very simple: it should be illegal. However, few people ever hear the counter argument to these mostly agreeable laws. According to a Gallup poll in 2000, 72% of Americans agreed with the lowering of the legal BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) passed by congress and signed by President Clinton in 2000 (“Most”). What few people seem to recognize is that these laws have huge constitutional hitches. In most states, drivers are required to submit a…

There are many people under the age of 21 that drink alcohol and get into trouble. Is the problem because of their age or is it something else? One such as a lack of knowledge on how to drink responsibly and understanding the dangers of drinking? Two are they drinking alcohol due to being rebellious because they are told they can’t drink, so they are going to drink to be defiant? This leads to youths whom are drinking too much just to say I got drunk. There should be some sort of similar…

Down Our Lives, but Can’t Pick Up a Drink Drinking is a big part of our society. We drink on holidays. We have big bonfires. We have alcohol. The drinking age should be set to eighteen. Eighteen year olds are considered adults and are allowed to make adult decisions but can not legally drink at all. What sense does that make? Are twenty one year olds any more responsible than eighteen year olds? There are more news story about DWI with people of age, than those who are underage. Eighteen…

human body is overwhelming. It does not pose a serious concern if drinking is practically safely but if binge drinking is practice instead it becomes a serious problem. Unfortunately, many underage drinkers do not practice safe practice and it leads to serious short and long term situations. There is significant evidence that proves that drinking alcohol harms a person physically, mentally, and spiritually especially when drinking is practice underage. The…