Every weekend my social media is filled with pictures and videos of kids who are definitely too young to be taking shots. In America, the legal drinking age is 21. But in many other countries it’s lower. Should we as a country reconsider the age? In reality, the best strategy is to lower the drinking age. The age should be lowered to 18 because that’s when you’re legal. This can lead to teaching the youth about alcohol and allowing them to be supervised. First off, how can you be a legal adult but not be able to drink? At 18, you’re allowed to vote. You’re allowed to get married. You’re allowed to serve on a jury. You’re even allowed to join the Army. It doesn’t make sense that you can go out with a gun murder people, maybe even get killed but, you can’t have a sip of wine. As legal adults, they should be able to take the responsibility of drinking alcohol into their own hands. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, At least 37 states have some sort of exception in their drinking laws that allow underage people to drink at home and within the company of family members. …show more content…
One of the biggest arguments against lowering the drinking age is that it leads to more car accidents. Death by drunk driving is still one of the biggest killers out there but, if the youth is educated on how alcohol affects their bodies they might not want to risk their lives over driving. By age 18, about 60 percent of teens have had at least 1 drink. As a parent wouldn’t it be better to know that your child is drinking instead of them driving home drunk so they can lower the risk of them getting in