Lowering the Drinking Age: A Problem or a Solution? Why is it that 18 year old citizens‚ like myself‚ can legally obtain a driver’s license‚ register to vote‚ be forced into jury duty or a draft‚ can be tried as an adult and even be put to death‚ but cannot buy and consume alcoholic beverages legally? It is hard for me to comprehend as a young American that we can be permitted or subjected to perform actions that affect the lives of other people‚ but we are not allowed to have the freedom of choice
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1971 the 26th amendment was passed which lowered the minimum age to vote from twenty one to eighteen years old. Shortly after the amendment was passed twenty nine states across America started lowering the drinking age from 21 to either 18‚19‚ or 20 years old. This new freedom for young adults only lasted for a brief time by 1984 the Uniform Drinking Age Act was passed. The Uniform Drinking Age Act forced states to change the drinking age back to twenty one years old; by reducing the federal transportation
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Twenty-One Is Here To Stay Most Americans would agree that underage drinking is a national health issue which must be addressed. Too many young adults perish every year from drunk-driving accidents‚ alcohol poisoning and other alcohol related incidents. The estimated social cost of underage drinking in America is fifty-three billion dollars a year (McCardell 1). According to a survey completed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ “Fifty percent of teens between twelve and sixteen
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Why The Drinking Age Should Remain The Same Final Draft In 2009 it was reported that the 21- to 24-year-old age group had the highest percentage‚ 35 percent to be exact‚ of drivers in fatal crashes with blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) levels of .08 or higher (Steven C. Markoff). Coincidentally studies showed when the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) was lowered to 18‚ the fatalities in traffic accidents that were related to alcohol were decreased by nearly 7.5 percent. However‚ the argument
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Lower the Drinking Age Everyone knows that it is illegal to consume alcohol under the age of 21. Why is 21 the "magical" age that makes a person intelligent and mature enough to consume alcohol? Sure‚ some adults abuse alcohol and some teenagers would be perfectly able to drink responsibly‚ but why not 18 or 35 or 40? This seemingly random number‚ 21‚ is associated with adulthood‚ as if the day a person turns 21 they know everything and are mature. The drinking age should be lowered to
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Several would argue that the 21 year old drinking age is possibly too low‚ some even think that the age should be lowered‚ and some even think the age should be at 25. I believe that the drinking age should remain the same at 21 due to the fact that there are already plenty of issues with underage drinking. “The Age of Responsibility” by Alan Greenblatt‚ goes into depth about the different problems and aspects that go into searching for a golden age to entrust people to have the ability to accomplish
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Research report on raising the drinking age. Commerce assessment 1. Introduction: this research report is going to inform and find the advantages and disadvantages of increasing the drinking age‚ this report will explain the medical‚ social‚ financial and other reasons to inform the reader on the different points given. Advantages of increasing the drinking age: Medical: Medical reasons to
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I think teenage driving should not be raised and remained the same. Driving can be complicated for people that haven’t experienced it at all‚ especially‚ the ones that are nervous and seen the downsides of driving on drivers education. Getting the teens to drive vehicles can overcome their fear and help them learn more outside. Not only that‚ but it also have them get used to land vehicles they are already familiar with the roads‚ the signs‚ etc. Early driving comes with three good benefits such
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Essay – Why the Voting Age Should Be 21 My persuasive essay topic is why the voting age should be raised to 25 instead of 18. Some people think it should be lowered. Some think the current age is fine. Some people think it should be raised to 21‚ which I agree with. Here’s some reasons I think this should be. The first reason I think that the voting age should be raised to the age 21 is because 18 year olds have very little real life experience. When a person is 21 years of age‚ they have more experience
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Imagine a sixteen year old who wants to help his family but he can’t drive to work because the legal driving age is eighteen and work is too far away to walk to. The legal age for driving should not be raised to eighteen because teenagers need to have autonomy‚ driving at sixteen can teach responsibility‚ and also transportation issues will arise. First‚ the driving age should stay at the age sixteen because teenagers need to learn autonomy. While driving they will learn to be more responsible and
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