National Minimum Drinking Age 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…

Children Are Overexposed To Alcohol Advertising Underage drinking is an issue in the United States that isn’t caused by any one factor, but advertising receives most of the blame. Alcohol advertising has always been a topic of discussion, and alcohol itself was banned in the United States from 1920 to 1933 (“Alcohol Prohibition Was a Failure”). In “Children Are Overexposed To Alcohol Advertising,” the author, David Jernigan argues that children see too many commercials related to the…

Lowering the drinking age will cause chaos Everyday there is a handful of teenagers who illegally drink alcohol. In recent discussions of changing the legal drinking age to 18, a controversial issue has been whether it 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…

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 purchase alcohol? Lowering the drinking age 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…

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…

Observing the Ages Of Alcohol Consumption, What Would You Pick? What if teenagers could drink? How would that affect the world we live in today? One of the prime debates going on currently is the argument regarding the minimum age for legally consuming alcohol. Not only is this a large discussion of the past and present, but also will continue to be one of the largest debates of our future. Back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, there was not even an age requirement. According to A&E Networks…

The law of the drinking age should be lowered because it is not fair to prevent some adults from the rights of other adults.The history of laws on alcohol restriction have proven to be faulted as they can not adequately prevent the drinking of alcohol. When a citizen turns 18, they are given all new rights except for, the right to drink alcohol. The drinking age should stay at 21 because it prevents young adults from drinking and making mistakes that can cost them later in life. God says it is…

Each year, 4,358 people under the age of twenty-one die from alcohol related car accidents (NIH). The current legal age to consume alcohol is twenty-one years old, but several teens drink anyways, feeling the need to “rebel” against their parents while in highschool and college. Because of teens’ inherent desire to rebel, alcohol is a prominent feature in their lives. Most commonly, teens drink at parties and other social gatherings where alcohol is easily accessible. Universities often accept…

Liquid Regret The legal drinking age should not be lowered in the United States for the safety of all people. There are many negative effects associated with drinking alcohol. The debate of lowering the minimum drinking level is based off of presumptions that younger people can withstand the burdens and responsibilities associated with drinking. Alcohol is dangerous to the consumer, as well as to those around. Whether it be through poor choices such as driving; or making idiotic decisions that…