Keeping the legal drinking age at twenty-one would mean that people would be safer than if the age was lowered to eighteen. A higher drinking age would mean that less teens would have health problems in the future. Having twenty-one as the legal drinking age has saved hundreds of lives per year. A person’s brain isn’t fully developed until age twenty-five, alcohol would affect people’s brains even more if they started drinking even younger. Keeping twenty-one as the legal drinking age would be better.
Lowering the legal drinking age to eighteen would cause major health problems in the future. Having the age at twenty-one has saved over 500 lives per year. The main cause of car crashes is driving under the influence, not phone or electronic usage of any kind. Alcohol poisoning is a leading cause of death in countries with a lower legal
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“Many activities have ages of initiation. A person must wait until sixteen to drive, age eighteen to marry without parental consent, age thirty-five to become president and so on.” (John Carpenter) The legal drinking age has been set at twenty-one so it should stay at twenty-one. “ A person’s brain continues growing into their twenties. Drinking during that time can damage short and long term brain growth, and that damage can be permanent.” (John Carpenter)
Eighteen year olds are trusted enough to drive, can vote, and fight in the military so why can’t they drink? Teenegers will drink no matter what so why not let them do it legally? Having twenty-one as the legal drinking age has driven drinking to the riskiest of settings. If the legal drinking age was eighteen people wouldn’t feel a thrill of breaking the law to get a drink. “Lowering the legal drinking age would reduce the number of underage people who are hurt from alcohol related injuries or accidents due to fear of legal consequences if they sought medical attention.” (Tracey