Essay On The Drinking Age In The Military
Military Drinking Age
What would happen if the drinking age were lowered for those in the military?
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English 123
Mrs. Xxxxxx
20 Apr 20XX
Military Drinking Age 1
What would happen if the drinking age were lowered for those in the military? When I started this paper, I didn’t want my own views to sway my opinion on this question. The more I researched, the more I had even my own views expanded. I wanted to know what military people thought about this topic, what civilians thought and even President Obama. I wanted to explore why age 21 was chosen and when the age was lowered and then raised again and why. For many people in the military I am sure have a different stance on this than civilians or maybe not, but this is why …show more content…
As I was concluding my research, still not yet satisfied with my results, I found a website that was written by Jim Hall, from the National Transportation Board, who had all these statistics that stated how alcohol related fatalities had gone down, alcohol related suicides reduced and the number of DWI
Military Drinking Age 3 arrests had decreased since raising the age of drinking to 21. He later stated that the younger a person starts drinking, the greater the chance of that person develops alcohol dependency and or abuses alcohol. (Hall, n.d). So it comes down to all these statistics of whether or not a person is mature enough to drink at age 18. Is a person that enlists in the military, who fights for their country, almost forced into this “grown up” role, mature enough to handle being able to drink at age 18? I guess it is up to you to decide. Military drinking Age 4
References
Alcoholalert.com. (2006). 2006 drunk driving statistics. Retrieved April 13, 2009, from http://www.alcoholalert.com/drunk-driving-statistics.html
Belluck, P. (2005, April 13). Vermont considers lowing drinking age to 18. The New York Times, p.
What would happen if the drinking age were lowered for those in the military?
Xxxxx xxxxx
English 123
Mrs. Xxxxxx
20 Apr 20XX
Military Drinking Age 1
What would happen if the drinking age were lowered for those in the military? When I started this paper, I didn’t want my own views to sway my opinion on this question. The more I researched, the more I had even my own views expanded. I wanted to know what military people thought about this topic, what civilians thought and even President Obama. I wanted to explore why age 21 was chosen and when the age was lowered and then raised again and why. For many people in the military I am sure have a different stance on this than civilians or maybe not, but this is why …show more content…
As I was concluding my research, still not yet satisfied with my results, I found a website that was written by Jim Hall, from the National Transportation Board, who had all these statistics that stated how alcohol related fatalities had gone down, alcohol related suicides reduced and the number of DWI
Military Drinking Age 3 arrests had decreased since raising the age of drinking to 21. He later stated that the younger a person starts drinking, the greater the chance of that person develops alcohol dependency and or abuses alcohol. (Hall, n.d). So it comes down to all these statistics of whether or not a person is mature enough to drink at age 18. Is a person that enlists in the military, who fights for their country, almost forced into this “grown up” role, mature enough to handle being able to drink at age 18? I guess it is up to you to decide. Military drinking Age 4
References
Alcoholalert.com. (2006). 2006 drunk driving statistics. Retrieved April 13, 2009, from http://www.alcoholalert.com/drunk-driving-statistics.html
Belluck, P. (2005, April 13). Vermont considers lowing drinking age to 18. The New York Times, p.