English 2 Ms. Williams 25 July 2011 Lower the Minimum Legal Drinking Age to 18 Lowering the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) of 21 to 18 is a heavily debated topic in the US. Currently‚ the MLDA is widely believed to save lives by reducing traffic fatalities among underage drivers. Further‚ the federal Uniform Drinking Age Act (FUDAA)‚ which pressured all states to adopt an MLDA of 21‚ is regarded as having contributed enormously to this life saving effect. It is also believed that the legal drinking
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Why keep the minimum legal drinking age(MLDA) at 21? With the MLDA at 21 it is not bringing anyone under the age of 21 consuming alcohol to a halt. The most popular beverage to compliment a night out partying or a fancy dinner is some kind of alcoholic drink. When young adults are looking to have a drink the MLDA 21 encourages them to find away around the law. In 2014 93.2% of high school students have bent the law to have a drink welcoming adulthood. With that‚ lowering the drinking age to 18 will
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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 as to whether biologically could an 18-year olds body sustain the damage that alcohol does to the body
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The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) has been a popular debate for many years‚ and as reported by Toomey‚ Rosenfeld‚ and Wagenaar in “The Minimum Legal Drinking Age”‚ it is imperative to keep the age of 21. Alcohol is the main source of numerous problems for teenagers‚ which would escalate if the MLDA was decreased. The MLDA was lowered between 1970 and 1975 by 29 states‚ resulting in an increase in dilemmas such as “traffic crashes‚ drownings‚ vandalism‚ assaults‚ homicides‚ suicides‚ teenage
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say the best way for combat this problem is to keep the Minimum Legal Drinking Age‚ or the MLDA‚ for 21 years and older adults. They argue the worst thing is to encourage more young people to drink alcohol because this will cause more risky behavior and even more deaths‚ as from traffic fatalities. Of course‚ it is not positive trend for young people to drink the alcohol. But the reasons to change MLDA from 21 to younger age are not to say to the youth that they should be having the alcohol.
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regardless of the MLDA. [8] In 2009‚ the 21- to 24-year-old age group had the highest percentage of drivers in fatal crashes with blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) levels of .08 or higher – 35 percent. [9] Any increase in traffic accidents or fatalities in 18- to 20-year-olds would be offset by a decrease for those 21 and older. [10] 4. There are fewer drunk driving traffic accidents and fatalities in many countries with MLDA of 18. Although the United States increased the MLDA to 21 in 1984‚ its
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This made the states free to legalize‚ regulate‚ or prohibit access to it as they saw fit. Most of the states legalized it‚ but they also prohibited it. For the prohibition‚ 32 states made their MLDA 21‚ and 16 states made theirs between 18 and 20. This continued through the late 1960s. Between 1970 and 1976‚ 30 states lowered their MLDA from 21 to 18. Since the 26th Amendment granted those 18 years and
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Lowering Legal Drinking Age The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) has been an ongoing debate over the years. Many states in the past have continuously lowered their MLDA to 18‚ 19‚ or 20. However‚ The National Minimum Legal Drinking Age Act of 1984 required that every states MLDA must be set to 21 years of age. Max Nelson stated that "Beer is the third most popular drink in the world‚ after water and tea" (“The Barbarians Beverage” 1)‚ the minimum legal drinking age is a very popular discussion
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their lives? Both sides will always find arguments to counter their opposition so this may continue to go around in circles forever. But with 77% of people supporting a MLDA of 21‚ there isn’t much hope for opposers. Unless there is some hard evidence found that can 100% without a doubt prove the opposer’s arguments to be true‚ the MLDA of 21 law will stay in place to protect the youth in
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regardless and lowering the legal age removes the ‘forbidden fruit’ guise surrounding underage drinking * Lowering MLDA 21 to 18 would make alcohol less of a taboo for adults newly entering college and the workforce‚ take away the thrill that many young people get from breaking the law‚ and make alcohol consumption a more normalized activity done in moderation. Strong pt. * Lowering MLDA 21 to 18 would allow 18- to 20-year-olds to drink alcohol safely in regulated environments with supervision. Prohibiting
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