In this essay I am going to tell you why I think the drinking age should stay the same. Why lowering it would be irresponsible to our younger and upcoming generation. Cdc.gov says that more than 10,265 people died in alcohol related accidents in 2016that is accounting to nearly one third of all traffic accidents each year you heard that right nearly 29%. Of all traffic related accidents are caused by alcohol alone and many more deaths with domestic abuse prompted by alcohol. So by Lowering it will make it more available for even younger people. It could cause development issues of the brains frontal lobes. The argument that if you are old enough to die for your country you are old enough to drink is correct to a certain extent. But brain is …show more content…
Lindsay Powell of jcpatriout.com says these kids have connections of people over the age of 21 so lowering the drinking age would make obtaining alcohol even easier. It would make access to alcohol even easier to even younger kids if they lowered the age of 18 the younger kids in the not so representable crowd would be able to ask the older friends of the group to buy them alcohol then they can distribute among their peers. And before you know it you have an alcohol problems among 5th and 6th graders’ know what they are trying to get them to drink in public instead of in private. But if they lower it. Will make it where even younger kids will be exposed to it therefor they will start drinking in private and to me I think it better for the older kids to be drinking in private than the even younger generations. This could even create a binge drinking problem in younger kids. 4prevention.com says lowering the drinking age Increases in binge drinking have been observed among young adults aged 21–24 years in the past decade, but drinking among those aged 18–20 years has remained stable during this time period for both college students and their peers. So lowering the drinking age could promote binge drinking in 17-18 year olds. Thus promoting alcoholism when they get older decreased job placement. Because when you drink allot you don’t tend to keep a job very