loweing the drinking age
...nt to act older so I can do that too. It also makes the young adult feel dangerous and alive. They are getting away with something that is illegal. It is conceivable that if a parent were given the chance to teach his or her child the responsibilities of drinking at a younger age, that child may grow up understanding and respecting the responsibilities of drinking (Drinking). Fasier* responded I am a firm believer in the idea. It is logical, it is the way it should be taught , Laurent 2 and it is right there along with the Constitution and freedom of choice, which is what this nation was built on. Alcohol-related crashes are the leading cause of teenage deaths (Consequences). If parents could allow their children to not abuse alcohol and to be responsible drivers, earlier in life they might be more responsible as life goes on. According to Mrs. Frasier, The worst that alcohol can do is hurt the kidney, when drunk in massive quantities and at a younger age, but, most of the studies I have read indicate that the age where this is a problem is up till 14 in boys and up to 12 in girls.. In some cases, massive amounts of alcohol can cause a problem in almost all people . If these people had been taught at an earlier age, then possibly they might have more respect and responsibility for the substance that is meant to be consumed maturely. (Drinking). When I was young, the drinking age was 18, but if they had the chance to teach me even earlier then I firmly believe that my bout with alcoholism would not even have happened. Now the age is 21 so I believe that they should at least bring the age back to 18 if not lower. (Fasier*). The push for this decrease is not just isolated to the United States. It is occurring in other nations as well. Some nations have already begun to lower their age limits such as Canada and European nations (Drinking). Recently there have been the deaths of two college students. One of the students was attending LSU and the other was going to MIT. In both cases, the students died of alcohol poisoning (Drinking).In the case of the two college students it is already too late, let's not lose any more. (Drinking). It is more likely that if the two college students had been able to drink at a younger age, their parents might have been more able to teach them the responsibility of the substance that brought them to their demise. I believe that we should lower the drinking age in the United States to at least 18 if not lower than that (Fasier). I believe that we should definitely lower the drinking age, and I am not just saying that because...