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is a good idea or not. On one hand some argue that if teens are old enough to serve our country then they should be able to drink. On the other hand, however, others maintain that not all teenagers are responsible enough to drink because they still act immature. While some people believe that changing the drinking age is a good idea it could lead to more drunk driving accidents, a higher death rate in colleges, and violence between teens in high schools and colleges. There are some people…

People around the United States argue about lowering the drinking age to eighteen. If teenagers in the United States are allowed to vote and join the military at age eighteen they are considered responsible adults then they should be allowed to purchase alcohol. If teenagers in the United States are prohibited to purchase alcohol, they are going to find other ways to purchase and drink alcohol anyways. If eighteen year olds are allowed to purchase tobacco then why shouldn’t they be allowed to…

Secondly, since the drinking age has been risen to 21 in 1984 by congress, drunk driving deaths have been cut in half with the most of the drops being people aged 16 to 20 years old. Around the mid-1970s, alcohol was what caused over 60 percent of traffic accidents. When a person consumes too much alcohol their general vision becomes blurred, the person experiences a loss of depth perception, and peripheral vision becomes extremely blurry. If a person is driving while intoxicated, that person…

The motivation of this paper is estimate the effects of the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) on alcohol consumption and mortality. This paper will utilize data from the National Health Interview Sample Adult Files 1997-2007. Two methods including the sharp regression discontinuity design as well as an instrumental variable (IV) variable approach will be used to estimate the magnitude of the MLDA. In the regression discontinuity design, there is a reduction in consumption of alcohol by 9.2…

Drinking age in America Underage drinkers make up 10% of licensed drivers who have caused 17% of drinking and driving deaths. It has been reported that 15.1% of 18-20 year olds have been driving under the influence of alcohol (MADD35). Annually, 1,900 people have died from underage drinking while being behind the wheel. The legal drinking age in the United States has been increasing and decreasing over the years continuously. There are new claims that President Obama has signed a new law…

America’s Legal Drinking Age Should be Held at Age Twenty-one In 1984, Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which required all US states to raise their ages for purchase and possession of alcohol to the age of 21. Although the legal drinking age has been debated upon, over the years it has been greatly proven that the age should not be lowered. Since the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was put into play in 1984, the legal drinking age in the United States has been the age of…

In T.R. Reid's article "Let My Teen Drink", he tries to rationalize that a lower drinking age will teach kids more responsibility. The writer introduces the subject by linking teenage drinking to his personal experience with his daughters who have an easier access to alcohol because in London where he is located, teenage drinking is actually legal. After I read more of this writers main points and analyzed his key subjects, I feel the writer wants his readers to understand that having an easier…

1970s, due to lowering the age for alcohol consumption, there was a vast increase in car fatalities involving younger people and drinking (SpeakUP). In response to this drunk driving epidemic, President Ronald Reagan passed the Minimum Drinking Age Act (MDAA), which increased the drinking age to twenty-one (Boston). Drunk driving accidents have dropped by at least fifty percent since this law was passed. The largest proportion among the accidents ranged from 16-20 year olds (Boston). As a minor,…

Alcohol stunts growth and development in minors and young adults, so the law MLDA 21 allows for young citizens to develop into their full potential. The number of accidents and traffic fatalities due to intoxication are low, because young adults tend to act out of control and drink and then go driving (Wagenaar & Loomey, 2002). The youth of America can go on and do fantastic things for the county without the restriction of alcohol which would hurt their brain. The youth in this nation is the…

saw the data that proved how many deaths underage drinking was causing, and they made a well-informed decision to raise the age to twenty-one. With the law, students have an incentive to not break the law, as Wechsler states in an article in the US National Library of Medicine, “Underage students in states with extensive laws restricting underage and high-volume drinking were less likely to drink and to binge drink” (Wechsler). Some students don’t want to risk going to jail for having one…