The Underage Drinking Problem

Most people would think that lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 would be a bad idea. Giving older teens the legal privilege of drinking just doesn’t sound right, but in fact it is a good idea and should be changed. The drinking age should be lowered to 18 for various reasons because turning 18 makes a person an adult in the eyes of the law and adults should be given the choice to consume alcohol. There are many positive and negative aspects when it comes to changing the drinking age which are still in debate. Keeping the age restriction at 21 to stop teens from underage drinking is ineffective and teens are more likely to drink in excess in uncontrolled places when prohibited from the use of alcohol (Ogilvie 2).

The minimum drinking age needs to be lowered in order to create experienced and responsible drinkers for the future. The excuse that the government gives to young people, that they lack maturity and judgement, is condescending and ultimately creates a country where the youth does indeed lack maturity and judgement in regards to alcohol. If the Malaysia does not lower the minimum drinking age, then the problems that this country has with alcohol will increase. Lowering the drinking age to eighteen will not fix all of the drinking problems, but it will allow for an earlier introduction of teenagers to alcohol where they are more responsible and experienced for the

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services acknowledges that there are 10 million teens in the United States drinking regularly and over 20 percent binge drink. ( Teen Alcoholism). This information illustrates the dependence that teens have developed for alcohol and many of them don 't even know the issue that they are building for themselves. The signs that demonstrate that a teen is becoming or is addicted to alcohol are that he/ she is a heavy drinker, they drink regularly for no reason and becoming upset over the removal of accessibility of alcohol.

“Even though 20% of Americans 16 and older say that, in the past year they have gotten behind the wheel within two hours of drinking alcohol, but society fails to realize that this will continue to be a major issue and push the statistics of fatalities unless something is done about it.” (Blue) Throughout most of the world, drinking and driving has become an over-looked issue that needs to be handled properly. Drunk driving will continue to be a huge issue over this general population today, if something doesn’t take place in order to lower the statistics. “The majority of drinking and driving deaths are due to drivers with a blood alcohol concentration, or BAC, of at least .10 BAC (blood alcohol concentration), the most commonly used definition

According to the CDC, underage drinking is responsible for more than 4,300 deaths per year, but why? Most teenagers are uneducated and unsupervised when it comes to consuming alcohol and its effects. If one doesn’t teach about the effects of alcohol, then it could become disastrous for not only the user but others too. Most teenagers may only know a fraction of the effects based on experience or from seeing it in movies or television. I believe that if the drinking age was lowered, teenagers could be better educated to drink more

Measurements demonstrate that drug abuse is a developing issue among teenagers. Drugs should be forbidden all over the world because for teenagers it destroys their social life. On the other hand, many teenagers believe that it should remain because it helps them to cover from painful memories in their past. Despite the many causes and effects of drug abuse, two of the main causes are Lack of parent to child communication and low self-esteem and two of the main effects are Health problems and Behavioral problems.

Alcoholism is a significant problem in American society. About 20 million people in the United States abuse alcohol and out of that number, around 10 million are addicted to alcohol and considered an alcoholic ("Alcoholism" 1). In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Jeannette's father, Rex, shows signs of being an alcoholic. His disease puts a lot of strain on the family and relationships within the family and eventually, Jeannette's father dies from heart failure, a common disease caused by alcoholism. Rex Walls can be identified as an alcoholic father by most of the six identifiers of an alcoholic from the American Addiction Center.

Many high school parties are filled with alcohol and other drugs, and if under the influence, driving becomes dangerous for themselves and everyone else on the road. Driving under the influence is also illegal and the cause of many deaths every year. The curfew would prevent many teenagers from going and partying while also keeping themselves safe from the driving under the influence. The opposition of the curfew believes that the curfew only interferes with the busy lives of teens who have late extracurricular activities.

Alcohol abuse and alcoholism seems like an issue that keeps getting increasingly worse each year in the United States. According to USA Today and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention both say that approximately 6 people die from alcohol poisoning, caused from binge drinking, each day, which amounts to roughly 2,200 people each year. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism says that “In 2013 an estimated 697,000 adolescents ages 12–17 (2.8 percent of this age group) had an [alcohol use disorder]” (“Alcohol Facts”). Something has to stop and something has to change from preventing this more because 6 people dying each day from binge drinking alone is a lot, not to mention that 12-17 year olds are having alcohol problems at such a young age. Lowering the drinking age will enforce this act even more, promoting more drinking in fact.

There’s maximum of no chance that the driving age will be lowered under 16 due to the fact that not very many people will virtually have trust in “kids” any younger of age, but if that did happen there are also the Pros and Cons of that matter. First pros, would be that parents wouldn’t need to drive them to high school events. Another excuse is how kids are “responsible” or “capable” enough to babysit why now not drive? The cons are that the accident rate will start to dramatically increase, because teens will party and drive, maybe there’s a possibility of young adults buying alcohol and become drunk, and combine that with the change of driving age, it then will become clearer that there may be a life risk of a rise in drinking and driving coincidence. Think about it parents are going to be more involved regarding their children’s safety in driving at any young age due to an increase in accidents occurring more now in

Keeping the legal drinking age the same is doing nothing to help this country or the people in it, more people will die or be seriously injured because of alcohol if we do nothing to promote responsible drinking. This paper might not make a difference in the fight to lower the MLDA, or treat the young adults in this country like true adults, but you

Certainly, the drinking age of eighteen is not appropriate because drinking excessively can cause harm to the brain and body, drinking and driving is dangerous, and drinking can cause violent behavior. Drinking excessively can cause harm to the brain and body. The effects of alcohol on teens when they drink a large amount of alcohol

Noel LopezBLK: A2Underage DrinkingIt has come to my attention that underage drinking is a common problem with our teens in this generation. For reasons unknown to me, drinking alcohol is appealing and interesting to try. And once a person tries it for the first time, they want more. The biggest factor to this is the age limit set to start drinking.

Theses fatal outcomes is what makes alcohol use dangerous because physical violence may include abuse of family members, assault, and homicide. Age twenty-one years old should stay because people are more responsible at that age then eighteen years old are just entering a new phase of independence from parents through workforce or college, and more susceptible to heavy drinking, risky sexual activity, and other irresponsible behavior due to the lack of

Underage drinking is a risk that attracts many developing adolescents and teens. A huge number of them wants to try alcohol, but often does not fully recognize its effects on their health and behavior. Underage drinking can in many ways harm the health of a large group of citizens in the US. During the teen age, the human body is developing. So, the consumption of alcohol may cause huge medical, social, legal, physical, and academic problems.