National Industrial Recovery Act

As people grow up there are several new possibilities and privileges that become available. One possibility is the legal consummation of alcohol. Currently the legal drinking age in Canada is 19 years old. The legal drinking age should not be 21, there are numerous reasons as to why it should not be increased. The consummation of alcohol is extraordinarily popular at a variety of social gatherings, and locations. When someone is 19 years of age they are legally an adult, and have been for one…

In 1984 the legal drinking age in the United States was raised to 21. The United States should lower the drinking age to 18 because the law may not be protecting teens and others. Although the drinking age was raised to protect teens, “it may have made drinking even more appealing to teens, whose brains naturally seek out risk more than adult brains do without considering what the consequences might be”. Some people argue that teens brain aren't developed enough to handle drinking, but…

Imagine being an adult eighteen-year-old that just moved from Puerto Rico, where the age of drinking alcohol was eighteen. As you can imagine, after moving to the United States, he was very confused because now he could no longer have access to alcohol. Many people think that the drinking age of 21 should be lowered to eighteen. Others oppose that idea and think that humans are not of the right maturity to consume alcohol within a reasonable manner. When you reach the age of eighteen, you are…

Every year over two and a half million people die due to alcohol and millions more are negatively affected. Alcohol is the eighth preventable cause of death and yet it still isn’t being prevented. Many people overlook this but alcohol is a drug, a drug that is legitimately more dangerous than marijuana. Do we really feel comfortable allowing a substance this dangerous to be distributed to people who are barely adults? Alcohol is an extremely dangerous substance causing many health issues,…

As I was researching on the Internet, I found an article stating some of the facts why the drinking age in our nation is twenty-one. Most of us Americans don’t know that “ all states abide by Legal Age 21 because of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which was passed in 1984, will withhold a percentage of federal highway funding from any state that chooses an age below 21. “ (Chooseresponsibility.org) Besides the fact that American falls in with one of the few countries with the…

The idea that the drinking age should be lowered to 18 is a foolish statement. The drinking age was 18 at one time, but was changed in 1984 for the greater good in the 1984 National Minimum Age Drinking Act. (APIS) I believe the national drinking age should stay the same because the brain doesn’t fully develop by age 18, 18 year olds still hang out with enough minors, and if you’re going to drink for an appropriate reason, most states allow underage drinking anyways. Lowing the drinking age…

“STEP ONE: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol–that our lives had become unmanageable, “said in Alcoholics Anonymous, The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. In the United States our drinking age is 21, but in reality many people drink way before that. The drinking age should definitely not be lowered, but completely illegal for all because of the emotional distress it causes, the body damage it creates, and also the lives of human beings. First off, humans are very emotional. When a…

Drunk driving is a serious issue in today's society, even with the age being 21. So, the age should not be lowered. The National Traffic Highway Administration (NHTSA) states “the 21 minimum drinking age law has saved about 900 lives per year”. If this was to be changed to a lower drinking age, the crash related alcohol rates would increase. Alcohol-related traffic deaths in the United States was 12,998 in 2007, and increasing dramatically as time goes on. This statistic is three times as many…

In recent years there has been an ongoing debate on whether or not, the United States should lower the drinking age to 18. For many reasons people both young and old argue on why the legal drinking age should be reduced. Throughout politics it is a well debated topics, with people defending each side for various reasons. Throughout these arguments although, there have been valid points on each side, lowering drinking age to 18 would be better for the nation. One of the most common reasons why…

around. The problem is it’s illegal and it’s an addiction. Alcohol consumption of young adults seems to be an everlasting issue at hand, but the 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…