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We should change the drinking age
Lower drinking age
Allowed to drink in controlled environments.
Restaurants
Pubs
Responsible drinking could be taught
Role modeling
educational programs
Parents
High drinking age will lead to 'forbidden fruit'
Symbool of adulthood
Under-age drinking
Irresponsible manner
32% are heavy drinkers
Decrease unsafe drinking.
Diminish the thrill of breaking the law
32% are heavy drinkers and under-age
24% of legal drinkers are heavy drinkers
After increasing the drinking age a lot of problems arose
46% vomiting after drinking
12% missing class because of hangover.
Fewer drunk driving accidents
Higher drinking ages does not lower rates of:
Suicide
Homicide
Vandalism
Give even younger children easy access to alcohol.
Good for the economy
Sell more alcohol
Stores
Bars
Rising drinking age
Alchohol consumption can interfere with development of the young brain.
Problems with:
Planning
Emotional regulation
Organization
Responsibility required to self and others.
Older people know the risks
young people drink in unsafe environments.
Nightclubs
Drugged
Bar fights
Peer pressure
Reduces alcohol consumption
Reduces underage drinking
US drinking teenagers is lower then in Europe
16-17
US 20%
EU 38%
Prevent underage bing drinking
Drinking is not a fundamental right.
More ilicit drugs use
People who started to drink at a young age are more likely to use drugs.
Sources:
https://drinkingage.procon.org
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/17594/Why%20the%20drinking%20age%20should%20be%20lowered.pdf?sequence=2