Lowering Legal Drinking Age

Lowering the Drinking Age

Half the United States population starts drinking at the age of 14.When you are 18 you have privileges like joining the army. (Mitch Adams Lowering the drinking age page 1) You can go to war and die for your country but you still can not enjoy an ice cold beer. (Mitch Adams Lowering the drinking age page 1) How is being 21 different from being 18? How does three more years of not drinking make you mature enough to drink? The longer you drink the more you start to drink responsibly. (Katherine Reilly Why 21? Page 1) The legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 because most teens under 21 drink, when you turn 18 you get tons of privileges, at you 18 are considered an adult and what is so special about the age 21.

First, the drinking age should be lowered because most people under 21 drink anyway. (Donald Bradley Lowering drinking age Page 1) Why not just lower the age to make it legal for them to drink? Half the U.S population starts drinking their first year in high school. (Valerie Richardson Coors Urges lower drinking age Page 2) 10.4 million kids reported drinking last year so obviously this law is not working. The average teen begins drinking at 14, seven years before they can legally drink. (Dr. Ruth Enys The drinking age should be lowered Page 1) Since the drinking age was raised teens have tended to drink in more of an abusive manor. (Author unknown Lowering the drinking age Page 1) More young people tend to drink abusively when they do consume alcohol since the age was raised. (Dr. Ruth Enys The drinking age should be lowered Page 2) From 1982-1987 about 45% of students reported vomiting after drinking this went up to over 55% after the change. (Dr. Ruth Enys Why the drinking age should be lowered Page 2) Drinking is not the problem but rather abuse of alcohol is. (The Nations Youth Association No title Page 1) We should not be preaching "do not drink", we should be saying "drink responsible". (Author Unknown No title Page 1) Since young people can not drink in bars and clubs, they are forced to create their own drinking environments in dorm rooms and other secret locations. (Dr. Ruth Enys The drinking age should be lowered Page 1) In those locations they gulp alcohol in an absence of moderating social control. (Dr. Ruth Enys The drinking age should be lowered Page 1) Drinking problems are reduced when young people learn at home how to drink in a moderate responsible manner. (Dr. Ruth Enys Why the drinking age should be lowered Page 2) Lowering the drinking age placed 5th in a resent survey which asked high school students to list their 10 most important issues. (Donald Bradley Lowering drinking age Page 1)A recent Kansas City newspaper asked 8,726 students if the drinking age should be lowered. Out off 8,726 asked 7,992 said yes. (Donald Bradley Lowering drinking age Page 1)The drinking age being 21 does not prevent a single high school or college student from getting alcohol if he or she wants it. (author unknown Lowering the drinking age Page 1) Since most drink anyway the drinking age should be lowered to 18.

When you are 18 you get privileges like being able to vote for a president. (Mitch Adams lowering the drinking age Page 1) When you turn 18 can go to war and take the risk of dying for your country. (Mitch Adams lowering the drinking age Page 1)Even after a long day of fighting you still can not just relax and have a cold beer. When you are 18 and go to court you are considered an adult (Valerie Richardson Coors Urges lower drinking age Page 2) and shouldn't an adult be able to have a beer? When you turn 18 you take on adult responsibilities like paying taxes. (Mitch Adams lowering the drinking age Page 2) When you are 18 you can legally buy tobacco products which are more harmful to you than alcohol. (Katherine Reilly Why 21? Page 2) At 18 some teens become parents and have to take care of there kids. (Mitch Adams lowering the drinking age Page 2)Even after the baby stops screaming and goes to sleep they can not go into their refrigerator and get a cold beer. 18 year olds can be your pilots, taxi drivers and much more (Mitch Adams lowering the drinking age Page 1)but they can not have a beer when they get off work.

Finally the drinking age should be lowered because at 18 you are an adult not 21. (Katherine Reilly Why 21? Page 1),21 is just another number. Just because your 21 does it make you mature enough to drink. (Mitch Adams lowering the drinking age Page 1) How does just three years make you responsible enough to drink? (The Nations Youth Association No title Page 1)Foreign countries should be a role model for us. People in countries

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