How does it sound?What I mean is if you can do all these at the age of 18, why cant make your own decisions about alcohol consumption? I know that lowering drinking age to the age of 18 will probably led more traffic accidents, more crimes and more early teen fertility. However there is one truth is that people can not
Hiwote Swann ENG 100C Prof. Nell Drinking Age When one turns eighteen, they are challenged to take on more responsibilities and rights as an “adult.” Turning eighteen entails receiving the rights and responsibilities of adulthood to vote, to serve on juries, to get married, to sign contracts and to join the military. Lowering the drinking age to eighteen from twenty-one is just another responsibility and right they should have as an adult. Being that they are considered adults when turning eighteen, they should be trusted to make decisions with consuming alcohol. From personal experience, I feel as that since it is illegal at the moment for teens to drink that they have to hide consuming alcohol from adults.
With the help of these teens, this will begin to improve our economy. Lastly, tourists' that are underage drinkers would not want to come to the US. What 18 year old from a different country would want to visit the US when they cannot drink? They would rather visit a country where they can have this right to legally drink. Due to this conflict, the US is gradually losing tourism
So if you are able to do all those things, you should be able to purchase alcohol. In addition, the fact that in many countries young adults are allowed to consume alcohol at the age of 18, gives contradiction because there are not universal agreement on the way how some young adults in other countries can learn how to handle the alcohol at the age of 18, but in the USA why young adults aren't able to do it. Therefore, to be equal and to have the same perspective as other countries drinking age should be lowered to 18 years
How much did social attitudes change in the years 1955-75? Between the years 1955-75 there were many changes regarding the law that seemed like it would have a positive change however did not make much of an impact on the social attitudes towards the issue. The main ones in my opinion are abortion, immigration, death penalty and homosexuality. The main change in the 60s in my opinion was the legalisation of abortion in 1967. In the view of the government this would have a good impact on society because it reduced the amount of children being put up for adoption, less people would go through back street abortion which was a very dangerous procedure and the government also believed it would reduce the amount of poverty.
Positive Effects of a Lower Drinking Age in America Arguments about the United States drinking age are commonly discussed. The law is thought of by some as a great way to keep young adults out of trouble, but by others it is thought to be an unsuccessful law that has only brought harm to many young adults. Not enough people are taking action in changing the drinking age to eighteen, which may be because Americans feel it is not necessary or because American citizens have not thought into full detail about all of the positive effects a lower drinking age could have. The United States Federal Government believes that citizens under twenty one years of age are not fully developed and consuming alcohol can harm their development, but America has the highest drinking age in the world. Other countries with low drinking ages do not have major health problems concerning alcohol and their young adults, thus proving alcohol is not necessarily unhealthy for developing young adults.
I think that the drinking age is too high and should be lowered to the age of 18. Individuals at the age of 18 are legally considered adults. Once a person reaches the age of 18 they are considered old enough to vote, serve in the army, and purchase cigarettes. With all the responsibilities that come with being an adult why is the consumption of alcohol not one of them? "It just doesn't sit right with me that people [at the age of 18] have the right to do everything else, including serve their country, but don't have the right to consume alcohol," said Republican, Richard Marron.
Alcohol drinking ages are largely debated in American society. Many presidents of colleges have called attention to the idea of lowering the drinking age in American society from 21 to 18. A drinking age of 18 would help college presidents to watch for the needs of their students and to better attend to these needs. A younger legalized drinking age could result in a variety of repercussions, both positive and negative. A drinking age of 18 would be beneficial to American society and would be more congruent to other existing laws in the United States.
The first being the economic impact, followed by the dangers of illegal immigration and the threat of immigrants taking American jobs. To help ease those issues, the first solution to illegal immigration would be to cut the funding to the border control effort. Although this may seem highly contradictory, research has found that a majority of the illegal immigrants that have come to the U.S. have applied for some kind of legal documents. However, due to the almost 10 year lag in the application process, many felt as though they could not wait until it was legal. If funding was redirected in a way that would decrease the lag time, many immigrants would no longer have to sneak in to the U.S. (Sassen).
The children can also work by themselves to earn the money for the fun. In conclusion, I think it is better to lower the age of drinking. There should be kind of equality in all the country. If the children of the Europe come to America for study, due to the inequality of the drinking age the student from Europe may not follow the rules of the USA. Like this many student come from different country for study in the USA.