Argument - Drinking Age of 21
Drinking Age of 21 Every child in the world wants to grow up faster then time permits them. They want to have their opinions taken as an adult 's would be. They want to have the privileges adults do. They want the freedom adults have. Most of all, children want to make their own decisions even though ultimately, it is the same decision the adults would of made for them. However, adults believe children below a certain age are immature and uneducated and that they are unable to make their own decisions. At what age do children become mature and knowledgeable? At what age do children not become children anymore? At what age do they get to make their own decisions? Those questions are taken closely into consideration when debating the minimum legal drinking age. Many countries have different views on what the age should be. Around the world, the most used age is eighteen. The United State 's minimum drinking age should remain twenty-one years old. We are the United States of America. We are a totally different region than the rest of the world. We have different views, standards and morals than the vast majority of the world. We plan for the future, which means taking care of the future generations. We ensure the safety of our children by providing rules and regulations accordingly including the federal, minimum drinking age of twenty-one.
This last January there was a petition posted on thePetitionSite.com by Ryan Barnes to lower the minimum drinking age from 21 to 18. Barnes believed that by lowering the age it would reduce a lot of problems. He claimed, "This plan can save lives" (Lowering). We, the United States, at one time tried this age. Back in the late 1960 's, several states lowered their drinking age from 21 to 18. Researchers then found an increase in highway deaths of teens. So, in the early 1980 's many raised it back to 21. Researchers monitored fatalities a little more and found that teenage deaths in fatal car crashes dropped considerably in some
This last January there was a petition posted on thePetitionSite.com by Ryan Barnes to lower the minimum drinking age from 21 to 18. Barnes believed that by lowering the age it would reduce a lot of problems. He claimed, "This plan can save lives" (Lowering). We, the United States, at one time tried this age. Back in the late 1960 's, several states lowered their drinking age from 21 to 18. Researchers then found an increase in highway deaths of teens. So, in the early 1980 's many raised it back to 21. Researchers monitored fatalities a little more and found that teenage deaths in fatal car crashes dropped considerably in some
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