Breaking The Drinking Age Essay
Every weekend there are young adults ages eighteen to twenty engaging in underage drinking at parties. Alcohol plays a huge role in today's’ society. More people drink today than ever before. It is clear that alcohol has had a good impact on people’s lives, but it is more clear that it has had an negative impact on people’s lives. Alcoholic beverages include good things such as happiness for celebrations. Downfalls of alcohol include DUIs, addictions, and death.
Young adults break the law on a regular basis by consuming alcoholic beverages. This problem affects the young adults committing the crime, their parents, and the law. Underage drinking results in citation tickets, license suspension, community service, and awareness classes. If this …show more content…
Decreasing the minimum legal drinking age being lowered from twenty-one to eighteen would really decrease the number of underage occurrences. This law has been adopted by many countries around the world and even some states in the United States (ProCon).
States in the United States such as Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming have adopted a law that with parental presence and consent, underage consumption is permitted when on a private premises such as a home. States Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and South Carolina allow the same except that consent from a parent as well as their presence is not required …show more content…
Police officers won’t have to worry about busting college parties for this reason and more so because they are too loud or something simple along those lines. Young adults are not going to stop drinking, it's a fun activity to them, no matter how serious the consequences can be. There are more dangerous crimes happening in the world that police officers should be more concerned attending to rather than driving around campuses all night to bust young adults for consuming alcohol.
Lowering the drinking age will also cause a huge decrease in fake identification card purchases. Just another thing young adults feel like they have to do to get the privilege they want but the government feels as though they are not ready to have. Today the number of fake identification cards purchased are through the roof. Years ago, the number of fake identification cards purchased was high, but nowhere near as high as they are today. “A study in 2009 of American university students found that 17% of freshmen and 32% of seniors owned a false ID”, (“The
Young adults break the law on a regular basis by consuming alcoholic beverages. This problem affects the young adults committing the crime, their parents, and the law. Underage drinking results in citation tickets, license suspension, community service, and awareness classes. If this …show more content…
Decreasing the minimum legal drinking age being lowered from twenty-one to eighteen would really decrease the number of underage occurrences. This law has been adopted by many countries around the world and even some states in the United States (ProCon).
States in the United States such as Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming have adopted a law that with parental presence and consent, underage consumption is permitted when on a private premises such as a home. States Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and South Carolina allow the same except that consent from a parent as well as their presence is not required …show more content…
Police officers won’t have to worry about busting college parties for this reason and more so because they are too loud or something simple along those lines. Young adults are not going to stop drinking, it's a fun activity to them, no matter how serious the consequences can be. There are more dangerous crimes happening in the world that police officers should be more concerned attending to rather than driving around campuses all night to bust young adults for consuming alcohol.
Lowering the drinking age will also cause a huge decrease in fake identification card purchases. Just another thing young adults feel like they have to do to get the privilege they want but the government feels as though they are not ready to have. Today the number of fake identification cards purchased are through the roof. Years ago, the number of fake identification cards purchased was high, but nowhere near as high as they are today. “A study in 2009 of American university students found that 17% of freshmen and 32% of seniors owned a false ID”, (“The