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Our jails are getting full, our wallets are getting empty, and our children are becoming more and more adept to a world in which underage drinking “isn’t really a big deal”. ... Is it the drinking age that is to blame? ... Drinking can cause diseases such as liver disease, cancer, heart disease, and pancreatitis. ... If the teens decide to continue drinking as a weekly activity, they are very prone to becoming alcoholics, which is defined as a person who is dependant on alcohol in order to go about their every day life. ...
The current United States drinking age is 21. ... There are many things that can be looked at to determine whether this is an appropriate age for drinking or not. ... Having the drinking age be 21 decreases the risk of kids damaging their pre-developed brains. Or does the drinking age just make them curious to try it more? When minors reach the age of 16-20, they will start to notice other kids drinking and saying how much fun it is. ... This poses a problem with such a high drinking age. If the age were around 14 or 15, the curiosity would be diminished, and it would be no more fun than drinking lots of soda. ... Also, if the age were 14 or 15, kids would get the drinking thing out of their system by the time it was time to get their licenses. ... In Germany, the drinking age for beer is 16, and the age for liquor is 18. The accidents due to drunk drivers are greatly less than that of ours here in America, with a drinking age of 21. ... There are several organizations that have been formed to fight drunk driving and underage drinking altogether. ... They are trying to diminish the accidents due to underage drinking and drunk driving by talking to congress about passing new laws and such. ...
So after much research and analysis, the drinking age of 21 seems unreasonably high and should definitely be lowered to something that will cause the minors’ interest to be focused more
on other things, such as video games or fast food.
Approximate Word count = 1615
Approximate Pages = 6.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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