Changing the Drinking Age
"Minimum Drinking Age." Issues & Controversies On File: n. page. Issues & Controversies. Facts On File News Services, July 2009. John Carroll School Library. Web. 22 Sept. 2010.
1. United States has one of the highest drinking ages opposed to other nations in the world.
2. It is illegal for anyone under 21 years old to possess alcohol but there are some exceptions in some states.
3. The high drinking age is enforced to stop drunk driving and for welfare of youths.
4. "the human body does not fully develop until around the age of 21, proponents say; the intake of alcohol can cause grave mental and physical damage to a still-developing body”
5. Due to the fact that teenagers don’t want to be caught drinking, they drink more alcohol faster in an unsafe environment causing high intoxication rates.
6. 71% of high school students have tried alcohol.
7. 94% high school students have said it is fairly easy to obtain alcohol.
8. Keg parties are commonly used opposed to safe locations with drinking limits like bars.
9. Teen drinking leads to teen pregnancy.
10. "decrease in alcohol-related car accidents among 16- to 20-year-olds also show a dramatic increase in such accidents among 21- to 24-year olds."
11. 18 year olds are still in high school. They could give alcohol to students as young as 14.
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