The Drinking Age Should Be Twenty One By Vivian Jones Summary

Why The Drinking Age Limit Should Be Twenty One?

Vivian Jones, the author of “Underage Drinking”; questions the drinking age limit, but also wants to decrease the drinking age limit from twenty one to eighteen. First,Jones defines underage drinking as a danger to young adults and teenagers that are developing. Second, Jones states raising the age limit for drinking is a controversial topic in society. Third, Jones acknowledges that drinking underage is banned and as a result this makes more alluring to the young adolescents to drink alcohol and rebel. Next, the author also states that more younger Americans are drinking in excess than comparable to the UK. Then, Jones also states that raising the drinking age will not stop the violence and
In society, more young people are drinking in excess that is severely dangerous. The effects of a young adult drinking underage are that it can lead to diseases that are severe and chronic to the body such as kidney failure, liver failure, alcohol poisoning and even death. These health problems could could have long term chronic illnesses and damage with expensive treatments such as surgery and medication. Raising the age limit prevents less young people to have health problems that are influenced by alcohol. According to the National Institute On Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH), “In this and similar studies (21,22), memory problems were most common among adolescents in treatment who had experienced alcohol.”(NIH). In this quote, the studies have shown that young people who drink in excess have difficulties in their brain. Part of their brain is damaged that controls their memory. Their memory loss can be permanent or temporary. This health issue of memory loss and forgetfulness can be very serious. If the drinking age limit is twenty one, then more young people will have less severe consequences in health issues such as brain damage in memory