National Minimum Drinking Age Act

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…

strict policy against underage drinking. On July 17, 1984 The National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed by the United States Congress. This act permitted anyone under the age of 21 to purchase or consume any alcohol in all 50 states. This act has had quite an impact of over the years on America’s youth. It has led the public to question whether this law should lower the drinking age. The government has responded by actually taking a look into reducing the drinking age from 21 to 18. Many…

The drinking laws within the United States should be lowered as the US has much stricter laws regarding alcohol consumption compared to other countries, according to other laws the age of eighteen is considered a legal adult, and allowing teens of eighteen and older to drink in a safe controlled environment can decrease unsafe drinking activities. First let's talk about why the legal drinking age in the United States is 21. In 1984 the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed by Ronald…

Drinking alcohol is popular among most adults although it is not legal in every state to drink as soon as the proclaimed age of adulthood is reached. Personally I believe that the age should be lowered because upon turning eighteen years old so many new laws and regulations apply such as the right to vote and being able to serve in the military. Increasing the age has created more cases of underage drinking and illegal sales of alcohol to minors. The legal drinking age was raised to 21 because…

Should the drinking age be lowered? Some people believe lowering the drinking age would be a good thing. However, others believe the drinking age should not be lowered because the brain is still developing until about the age of 25. ( SAMHSA). Drinking alcohol underage can affect a developing brain in many ways. Drinking alcohol, even at the age of 18 can be dangerous because the brain is continuing development. Drinking under the influence can be more dangerous for inexperienced drivers. When…

Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered? Eighteen, that magical age, everyone has dreamed about turning. The number eighteen is significant in America because it is when teenagers are finally given the chance to show the world they’re responsible young adults. This group is no longer viewed as children in America, but as young adults who can experience the same rights and privileges as other adults. As society keeps growing and changing, the discussion to keep the drinking age at twenty-one or to…

the best interest of the United States to lower the minimum legal drinking age has been debated for decades. Every state has the ability of establishing their individual drinking ages, and all separately have them set at 21. Within the time frame of the late 1960’s and the 1970’s, every state lowered its drinking age to 18. In July of 1982, Ronald Reagan passed the Minimum Drinking Age Act, forcing all states to maintain a minimum drinking age of 21. Each state was still allowed to set their own…

The Legal Drinking Age in the United States There has been a continuing controversy in the United States on whether the legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 or kept at 21. In the Persuasive Text “Five Reasons we should keep the drinking age at 21,” Karen Arnold-Burger stated the five reasons why people should keep the legal drinking age at 21 in the United States. Karen Arnold-Burger was appointed Judge of the Court of Appeals on January 6, 2011 in Kansas City, Kansas. Karen was…

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…

on the legal drinking age in the United States and whether it should be lowered or stay the same. I and several of my friends who are currently under the age of 21 want it to be dropped to 18. They feel if they are considered old enough to be able to leave home to go to college, join the military, move into their own house, and pay their own bills by the government’s standards then they should have the right to decide and control what they put into their bodies. The legal drinking age in the…