Argument Essay Changing Drinking Age to 18
Manny Talavera
English
ARGUMENT ESSAY When you are eighteen years old you have multiple responsibilities. Everyone who is eighteen is seen as a responsible, mature young adult. If eighteen year olds are portrayed as responsible and mature adults then why can’t they buy or consume alcohol? The alcoholic drinking age should be lowered to age eighteen because at that age you are responsible, mature, and it will help send the right message. Society states that eighteen year olds can not handle alcohol because they make a lot of mistakes so therefore they are “irisponsible “. If you start to drink at age eighteen or twenty one your tolerance is still going to be the same. So in that case it does not matter what age you start to drink because you do not know how much alcohol you can handle until you start drinking. So when society states that eighteen year olds make a lot of mistakes when they drink it is only because they just started drinking just as a twenty one year old will make a lot of mistakes when he starts to drink for the first time. Society is just using young teenagers as scapegoats for alcohol problems when it really does not matter what age you are. It is a know fact that a lot of teenagers drink regardless of the drinking age , either at home, parties, or just in hang out places. So in that case society states that because teenagers can consume alcohol that it would not be the best option to lower the age to eighteen. Society thinks if we lower the drinking age to eighteen years old then twelve and thirteen year old kids will also be able to have access or get a hold of alcohol even easier and start drinking at a even younger age. That is not the case at all because today 71 % of eighth graders say it is pretty easy for them to get a hold alcohol so therefore it would not even make a difference if the age was lowered to eighteen years old. Now one of the most important reasons why society feels eighteen year olds should not be
English
ARGUMENT ESSAY When you are eighteen years old you have multiple responsibilities. Everyone who is eighteen is seen as a responsible, mature young adult. If eighteen year olds are portrayed as responsible and mature adults then why can’t they buy or consume alcohol? The alcoholic drinking age should be lowered to age eighteen because at that age you are responsible, mature, and it will help send the right message. Society states that eighteen year olds can not handle alcohol because they make a lot of mistakes so therefore they are “irisponsible “. If you start to drink at age eighteen or twenty one your tolerance is still going to be the same. So in that case it does not matter what age you start to drink because you do not know how much alcohol you can handle until you start drinking. So when society states that eighteen year olds make a lot of mistakes when they drink it is only because they just started drinking just as a twenty one year old will make a lot of mistakes when he starts to drink for the first time. Society is just using young teenagers as scapegoats for alcohol problems when it really does not matter what age you are. It is a know fact that a lot of teenagers drink regardless of the drinking age , either at home, parties, or just in hang out places. So in that case society states that because teenagers can consume alcohol that it would not be the best option to lower the age to eighteen. Society thinks if we lower the drinking age to eighteen years old then twelve and thirteen year old kids will also be able to have access or get a hold of alcohol even easier and start drinking at a even younger age. That is not the case at all because today 71 % of eighth graders say it is pretty easy for them to get a hold alcohol so therefore it would not even make a difference if the age was lowered to eighteen years old. Now one of the most important reasons why society feels eighteen year olds should not be