Nick Pierce Mrs. Reasons English 451-6 9 December 2010 21 to Spill Twenty-one is that privileged age that the majority of today’s youth want to be. It is the minimum legal age in which a person can buy alcohol. However, most of society in general cannot seem to wait that long. That goes especially for those attending college and most of high school. This country would be far more productive if alcohol is not present to kids under the age of twenty-one.
An adult is conscious enough and has enough reason to know well from bad. This is the reason why they are allowed to choose their next president and decide to go or not to war. If the youth is given the right, and needed education since high school and at home about the consumption of alcohol just like it is done with drugs, cigarettes, and sexually transmitted diseases there would not be such a problem with people 18 years-old. Cigarettes are a more dangerous habit which causes more damage to our health compared to alcohol. So then, why is the intake of alcohol not allowed until the age of 21 and the consumption of cigarettes not?
Dakota J. Clark Janet Weston English 12 04-18-15 Teen Drinking: Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered? There has been much debate on whether or not the legal drinking age should be lowered. It has been argued that due to the age of adulthood being 18, that the right to drink should be lowered to match that age of “maturity”, but what is not commonly known is that the brain is not fully matured until age 25, making this decision medically irresponsible. Another point is that having the legal drinking age at age 21 reduces alcohol consumption overall. And what some fail to understand is that the legal drinking age of 21 is supported by a majority of the public, and for very good reasons such as helping prevent underage binge drinking.
Should The Legal Drinking Age Be Lowered To Eighteen Should the Legal Drinking Age Be Lowered to 18? Lowering the legal drinking age to eighteen is a topic that has a strong argument from both sides. One side says the legal drinking age should remain at twenty-one; meanwhile, the younger part of the population (18 - 21) feel that the legal age to consume alcohol should be eighteen, as I feel. The legal drinking age should be changed back to eighteen, as it was in the mid 1980’s for several reasons: drinking in moderation is proven healthful, the number of under age drinkers would be lowered, and if people can go to war and defend our country, then our country should allow them to consume alcohol. A study shows that drinking in moderation is healthful, and can also make a person more enjoyable.
Maturity is the state or quality of being fully grown or developed, says Webster’s dictionary. It is something that can not be easily measured. The legal drinking age in the United States is 21. As of now the government feels that people under that age of 21 are too immature to consume alcohol, or at least to deal with the effects alcohol can have. I agree that many eighteen and nineteen-year-olds are not mature enough to cross the street on their own, but by looking in almost any newspaper there are just as many sixty-year olds who seem to have a hard time with it too.
There has been much talk about changing the legal drinking age to 18 instead of 21. some people believe that the age should never of changed from 18 to 21. The drinking age is regulated by the states not the nation and yet all of the nation has a drinking age of 21 and not 18. The drinking age should stay the same and not changed. Legal drinking age should be 21 because at 18 people do not have the maturity to handle alcohol, the health issues with drinking at 18 are greater, and the chances of becoming a alcoholic is greater when a person starts drinking younger. The first reason that the drinking age should be 21 is that at 18 a greater amount of people do not have the maturity to handle and consume alcohol.
Schoolies is yet another reason to lift the legal drinking age to 21, not only does it put 18 year olds is danger it also puts the community around them in danger. Lifting the legal age is the right thing to do. Today, young people are drinking from a much earlier age and it is affecting one of their most important organs, their brain. Alcohol as a neurotoxin affects young brains in the area known as the amygdala, which controls risk taking, rewards and gratification. It also affects the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for logic, judgment and planning.
During this development alcohol negatively affects all parts of the brain, including coordination, motional control, thinking, decision making, hand-eye movement, speech, and memory (Pg.2 Par.6). This shows that alcohol does affect the underage drinkers mentally and physically. Additional binge drinking is common among teens and can cause liver disease. Lastly, the current MLDA is set to the right age, but it is not
The harmful use of alcohol generally originates from young people who binge drink (WHO, 2011). Alcohol abuse is different from alcoholism as this stems from craving alcohol at all times (helpguide, 2011). Young people who binge drink risk serious health problems such as heart disease, high blood pressure, brain damage, type two diabetes and cirrhosis of the liver which
Elevated liver enzymes indicating liver damage have been found in some adolescents who drink alcohol. Young drinkers who also shown elevated liver enzymes are subjected to be overweight or obese do to modern levels of drinking. Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant, drinking too much, slows bodily functions such as heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing to a dangerous level, causing the drinker to lose consciousness, which can result in alcohol poisoning. Alcohol has harmful effects on developing brain cells and bodies. Heavy drinking during adolescence years, when the brain is still developing causes lasting impairment functions such as memory, coordination, and motor skills.