Lower Drinking Ages
Many issues have been recently brought up in concerns of lowering the drinking age. The argument debates on subjects such as the statistics of fatal accidents due to drinking and driving, the legal age of an adult, and the option of being in the military at age 18. My own personal judgements about the drinking age consider these arguments to be excellent points. I am concerned with how the government can put laws on drinking, but allow one as an adult the rights to make critical life choices, take on financial responsibilites, marriage rights, ect. These responsibilities should also include our right as an adult to be able to consume alcohol. I understand the possible effects that have been debated in the media, but drinking should still be a decision that we are able to make as adults.
Savannah Temple
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posted by Comm. 230-01 @ 7:18 AM
5 Comments
5 Comments:
I completely agree with this article. I feel that there are certain limitations that the govermnent puts on us and it depends on the circumstances. I think that if you are old enough to be drafted into the military and serve your country, you should be allowed to drink as a law paying citizen. The age 18 is legal for most things, but not for drinking. I don't feel that the drinking age should be any lower than 18, but that's not my call. We have laws for a reason, but people typically get a thrill out of doing things that they know they aren't supposed to do, like drinking, for example. The drinking age at the present time is 21, but there are more people under the age of 21 drinking everyday so the point of trying to change the age really isn't going to make much of a difference.
Talesha Wade
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I agree that if a person is old enough to put his or her life at risk for our country they should be able to drink alcoholic beverages. I also think that if the drinking age was lowered there would be less alchol related accidents because most people drink because of the need to rebell. It kind of reminds me of the prohibition era and how once Roosevelt made drinking legal it cut down on certain crimes and also help with funding towards escaping the Great Depression.
- Erica Thomas
Drinking alcohol will always be a major issue in the United States. In alot of countries, there is no set age for drinking to be considered legal. However, in these countries, the people seem to have more control with alcohol. They do not drink to get drunk, it's more of a custom for them. In the U.S., it's a tougher decision to lower the age. Most teenagers aren't just drinking a glass of wine or one beer. The drinking becomes excessive for these young people, and before we know it, they are behind the wheel of a car. Too many teenagers have been killed from drunk driving. I know that adults are guilty of the same acts, but if a 47 year-old man gets behind the wheel of a car, that is his decision. Sometimes at 18 years old, we aren't ready to make the best decisions for ourselves. I think drinking alcohol can fall into that category.
Tabitha Foster
I do not believe that choosing to consume alcohol should be legal just because you are 18. I think the difference with alcohol and other responsibilites is maturity. While there are plenty of 18-year-olds that could consume alcohol and not make stupid decisions, there are way too many more young adults that choose to do stupid things after consuming alcohol. Altough the drinking age is lower and other countries, we also have to consider that people in other countries may have a different maturity level than Americans do. Although we were not alive yet, the drinking age used to be 18 when our parents were that age, and it was raised due to the amount of accidents that occurred while under the influence. With texting, iPods, the radio, and food as distractions, I do not think we should give an 18-year-old one more thing to worry about while driving. I believe that even though some young adults who are under age still consume alcohol, the law on drinking still stops many young people from drinking and making stupid mistakes and should stay that way.
-Mallory Darrohn
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