To expand alcohol consumption, lowering the drinking age would provide a huge economic boost in multiple ways. Since the economy is not doing very well, business profits are also suffering. Once the law changes, business incomes will increase significantly because more people in this country will be legally able to purchase alcohol. For instance, it will be helpful to the music industry. There will be more individuals attending bars, concerts, and shows that are required to be the legal age.
Drinking Age in the U.S. When you are eighteen years old you have multiple responsibilities such as chores at home or school, and obey the laws, among others. Most of the young adults who are eighteen are seen as a responsible, and mature young adult. If eighteen year olds show that they are responsible and mature adults, then why can’t they buy or consume alcohol? “In 1984 congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which required states to raise their ages for purchase and public possession to 21 by October 1986 or lose 10% of their federal highway funds.” Even though the reality is despite the law the majority of young people under 21 consume alcohol because they are treated like adults in every way except being able to drink
Unfortunately many states have taken the easy road and have become over-reliant on the federal government for support. In return they are forced to relinquish power and freedom. This is one of the “cons” to following the federal mandate of the universal MLDA of 21. The main argument against lowering the MLDA again, is the inevitable rise in drunken driving related deaths. In the 1960’s and 1970’s when many states had lowered the MLDA, besides the rise in drunk-driving deaths, studies showed that people raised from childhood in under-21 states were involved in higher rates of alcohol and drug use as adults, and had a higher rate of homicides and suicides.
Alon Leichman ESL Professor Tharp Argumentative Essay Spring 2012 Lowering the Drinking Age in the U.S. Although the legal purchase age is 21 years of old, many people have strong opinions about the drinking age in the United States. A majority of college students under this age consume alcohol but in an irresponsible manner. I would like to propose an agenda that might bring a change to the legal drinking age in the United States. I think that the drinking age is too high and should be lowered to the age of 18.
More liquor will be sold to the patrons, which will increase the amount of money the government can make. An alternative policy is to legalize drinking but drive up the monetary price though new taxes. As long as young adults' alcohol demand is at least somewhat responsive to price, taxation can reduce consumption by as much as the current legal drinking age of twenty-one does. (Donald Kenkel, Acess my Library,3) If eighteen year olds do not have legal access to even a beer in a public place, they are ill equipped to deal with the responsibilities that come with drinking when they do have the right. Local business will also do better by being able to sell alcohol to more people as well.
A good majority of high school graduates and most freshmen that enter college are at the age of eighteen, at which point they are legally considered adults. From this age an individual can decide whether they want to enter the military or start their life right into the work force. Whatever the person’s thoughts after high school may be, these young men and women are considered young adults and have the choice whether they want to get married, vote, become guardians, smoke, and serve our country. For some reason the American community seems to think that an eighteen year old adult is not suitably mature enough to choose whether or not they want to drink alcoholic beverages. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act in 1984, made the legal drinking age twenty one.
Debate about lowering drinking age Lowering the drinking age to 18 would give legal adults the rights they deserve. A woman is old enough to sign a legal contract, get married and buy property, why can’t she drink a beer to celebrate? A man can do same thing and train to shoot M-16s so why can’t they drink to cope? Allowing alcohol into people’s system at a younger age will teach them lessons, such as the right way to consume alcohol at the good amounts at a time verses over drinking and getting drunk then having a hangover the next morning. Why should one be trained to shoot a gun at age 18 which can directly end one’s life?
Lowering the legal drinking age All around the world people use alcohol for a number of different reasons; it is used when people are peer pressured, when under stress, during a celebration, when sad, and sometimes just for fun. These are just a few examples of when alcohol may come into the picture. The legal drinking age is currently twenty-one, but do you really believe that everyone waits that long to take their first sip of alcohol. There have been many debates whether they should legally lower the drinking to eighteen, because once you turn 18 you are considered an adult which means you can vote, join the armed forces and do much more. So why shouldn’t you be able to start drinking by the age of eighteen?
Teens often believe that if they are able to vote and be sent to war than they should be able to consume alcohol. This is often a huge debate between many people. What most of these teens don't know is that the drinking age at one time was eighteen. However, the government saw problems with teens drinking and they decided to raise the legal drinking age to twenty-one. There are many incentives out there for states whose drinking age is still under twenty-one.
18 year olds obviously also want alcohol, because they gain every other right in society. But the government has decided to limit the people’s freedom and decided that people under 20 are not responsible enough to drink. And what 19 year old wants to sit and watch a 20 year old or their parents and probably the whole government drink alcohol while they can not drink because the 19 year old is “not