Should the Legal Drinking Age be Lowered? Alcohol has taken the lives of many young adults and in order to stop this chain reaction from occurring once again with new generations there needs to be a change. Young adults under 21 drink now because it is illegal and it is what causes them to drink irresponsibly and causes them to do many regrettable things, knowing that they are going against authority. On college campuses nationwide students are currently drinking illegally while under the age of 21 and if the drinking age was changed the whole aspect of drinking would be looked at differently. Lowering the drinking age, I feel would be the best solution to solving the underground drinking problem, it would allow for drinking to be more “open.” Having the drinking age at 21 allows for there to me more difficulty in keeping track of the kids who use it because they do it secretly and tend to abuse it more.
Drinking privately is extremely unsafe and when kids are in a situation they can't handle, they can then ask for help. Majority of teens are capable of being responsible and can handle the low age. This will alleviate all the problems with college students. Underage drinking is a huge problem in the United States because it has one of the highest ages in the
Letter to the Editor Some may say that CVS Pharmacies stopping the sale of tobacco products is not worth applauding. I however, am not one of those people. I am all for CVS and other pharmacies, stopping the sale of tobacco products in their stores. With CVS stopping the sale of tobacco products, they are making the commitment to become more health oriented for their customers. While, CVS will lose an astounding 1.5 billion dollars annually, they are not worried about that, because they are improving the quality of their stores and it highlights that they are focused on the well being of their customers Also, by CVS making this bold move it shows they care more for their customers then they do about a popular product making money.
Eighteen-year-olds can run for public office, vote, serve in the military and get married. So, the lower-drinking-age question has to be considered in the context of all those other decisions," Jordan said. "My concern and that of many of the other presidents who signed the initiative is that we aren't doing our students a favor by avoiding this. Saying that keeping the minimum age at 21 is reducing highway deaths is ignoring the bigger problem." Dr. George
Some of those things are that in 1970 through 1975 they previously lowered the drinking age down to 18, because that’s when you enter adult hood, you should be responsible for your actions. But they changed that because the government did not want to risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars on highway funds. That’s the only reason they changed it. Moving
European countries have a lower legal drinking and appear to have lesser alcohol related problems. Trying to enforce the drinking age of 21 is ineffective and pricey. Even though the law says one has to be 21, teen drinking is a major problem and there will never be a way to stop it. It would be more effective to spend money on educating the youth about how to drink responsibly rather than attempt to enforce the drinking age of 21 and continuously waste money and effort.” For 21 years, the legal drinking age has been set at 21 years. This has been an issue topic for quite some time now, and more states are considering revising the law.
The passage of the “Pick the Public’s Pocket No More” bill would lower college application rates, lower college graduation rates, and lower our country’s number of new college graduates for open positions in the work force. Without grants, many Americans would not be able to pursue college degrees because of the debt they would acquire financing their degree with loans alone. Federal grants allow young adults, who are the future of our country, to pursue a college degree without the full burden of college debts after graduation. (M) When considering whether or not to pursue a degree, many are persuaded to apply because they often receive grants to assist
Fraternity leaders and university officials both agreed that they can’t ignore the issue just because the students have moved off campus. President Ruscio therefore supported the Amethyst Initiative which seeks to reopen the debate about the drinking age. Response: Heavy drinking among college students represents a significant public health problem which if left unchecked will ruin college education. The article explains how social clubs like fraternities permit students to drink but did not provide guidelines on how to drink and have fun responsibly. I think as future leaders, college students should be aware that their behavior is always on the limelight and be more careful when involved in situations such as binge drinking.
April 21, 2011 Lower Drinking Age To 18 When you turn 18 that means you’re an adult but then why aren’t you able to drink alcohol until you’re 21? (Attention Getter) Growing up in our generation, teen drinking has become an increasingly large problem. It is the cause of many stories we hear on the news, and the information and risks of teen drinking are now taught many classrooms across the U.S. (Credibility Statement) According to adults over 21, teens are not responsible with drinking. (Relevance Statement) I’m informing you on this topic to know that some teenagers aren’t responsible drinkers and dropping the drinking age to 18 won’t help the irresponsible teen drinkers become anymore responsible. (Thesis) Transition: Drinking law is 21 but yet, those under 21 still find access alcohol.
Critical Reading How Bingeing Became the New College Sport I believe that this article will be based on how binge drinking became so popular in colleges and universities across the country. The topic of this essay is how bingeing became the new college sport and why it would stop if we lowered the drinking age. The author claims that tighter enforcement of the minimum drinking age of 21 is not the solution, but the problem. The author’s point of view is that he thinks if the drinking age was lowered, over time it would cut down on binge drinking at colleges and universities. Let students drink in public legally, that way they won’t have to pregame in privacy and over do it.