The debate of drinking has been going on for many years. This has been in
the mind of many highly respected professors and the people. Some of them say
that the drinking age should be lowered. They think that the age restriction
for drinking should be lowered, and have a license for drinking. Others say
that the drinking age should stay at 21. In my opinion the drinking age should
stay at 21. Keeping it at 21 could save lives and save young adults from making
bad choices. Also there is no reason to change the drinking age, it is just a
waste of people’s time.
One example of keeping the drinking age at 21 is that it will saves a lot
more lives. Whereas if you lower it to 18 then more people will suffer death at
the hands of drinking. An organization called the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration says that ever since the age for drinking has been raised
to 21, 800 more lives have been saved. 800 lives may not be a lot, but it is an
amazing amount when dealing with drunk driving. Just think if the age
requirement for drinking was lowered to 18 then 800 lives will be lost from
this world.
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Another example of this is how you look. Some people are 14, but they look
like 18. If you lower the drinking age to 18, then more people like 14 and 15
year olds. Those teenagers look like 18 and will be able to buy beer without anyone
knowing. A lot of teenagers look like 18, but they certainly do not look like
21. So if the age limit was 21 then more teenagers will not look like they can
drink.
The people who want the drinking age to be lowered to 18 say that if we have
the age limit at 21, it just promotes drinking in fraternity houses. But
actually if the age is dropped to 18 then more people in college will drink
because they think they won’t get in trouble. Also they say that it could be
fatal for the people in college to drink, but it does not matter they will
always drink. You might as well keep it at 21. At least then some people will
stop drinking until they are 21.
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