Essay On Current Drinking Age

Reasons for Maintaining Current Drinking Age Recently, the current drinking age has become a major topic of discussion amongst Americans with whether it is too old or just right. Recent studies have shown that underage drinking has become a major problem in the United States, not only because it is illegal for them, but because people underage have shown they do not know how to drink in moderation and responsibly. Another reason the current drinking age should be maintained is because drinking has caused many problems on college campuses with the behavior of the students who drink on or near campus. Excessive drinking has caused many students consequences that they would not have had to deal with if they were not under the influence of alcohol is another reason to maintain the current drinking age. Lastly, underage drinkers do not realize the seriousness of drunken driving and seem to be a lot more liberal with driving after
As stated in Underage Drinking by Charles S. Clark “’What seems different today,’ says OSAP spokesman Lewis D. Eigen, ‘is that we're getting reports from all over that kids are getting drunk not just inadvertently at a party, but as a result of intentionally downing the greater and greater amounts of alcohol that are needed to get that effect’” (Clark 2). It is also shown in the same article that 30% of high school students and 43% of college students have drunk to excess (binge drinking). These statistics are startling because it shows that underage people are not mature enough to be given the freedom to drink. The point of raising the age to what it currently is was to make our society a better and safer place, and if it was lowered down again it would just give an opportunity to the immature to drink freely and overall endangering society with their inabilities to drink