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The drinking age should be lowered to 18 in all 50 states. (18-year-olds…
The drinking age should be lowered to 18 in all 50 states.
18-year-olds are considered grown-ups
They can join the military
If they can die for the country that shows that they can be responsible.
They can get married
They can vote
They can smoke, and that's just as harmful as drinking.
Adults should have the right to make their own decisions, without government interference
Less incidents and deaths.
People would call 911 in case of an emergency without the fear of getting in trouble
Over 450 colleges use an interactive online prevention program called AlcoholEDU, in 2004 the people that completed the program were 20% less likely to become heavy episodic drinkers and 30% less to be problematic drinkers.
Less drunk driving.
People could be supervised in public so they could be stopped from doing things while under the influence of alcohol.
Rates of decline in alcohol related accidents despite the heightened drinking ages: United Kingdom:50% Germany:37% Australia:32% The Netherlands:28% Canada:28% U.S.:26%
People would drink more responsibly.
They wouldn't be at home unsupervised so they can be in public and have less chances to get into an accident.
They could create a alcohol license kind of like a drivers license it can be revoked.
The drinking age was raised to reduce highway fatalities, but it hasn't stopped.
Raising the drinking age has only positioned accidents, which means that lowering the drinking age has only stopped the accidents until they get to their mid 20's
There will always be underage drinking.
When the drinking age was 18, there were under age drinkers.
75% of seniors, 60% of sophomores, and 40% of 8th graders have consumed.
95% of people have drank before the age of 21.
If you really tried, could you get alcohol in Blackduck if you wanted?
The U.S is higher than other countries
Higher drinking age in the U.S isn't keeping us safe.
For instance, China has the lowest accident rate, and they don't have minimum drinking age.
