If the age is lowered down to 18 is dangerous for the young adults life and can damage their emotional state of mind. When alcohol consumption interferes with this early adult brain development, the potential for chronic problems such as greater vulnerability to addiction, dangerous risk-taking behavior, reduced decision-making ability, memory loss, depression, violence, and suicide is greater. it is important to not decrease the drinking age because it can affect so many young adults life and can really mess of their state of mind and they can become depressed and violent and can mess up their life and change them as a person. Between 1970 and 1990, the suicide rate of 18- to 20-year-old youths living in states with an 18-year MLDA was 8% higher than the suicide rate among 18- to 20-year-old youths in states with a 21-year MLDA. lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 years in all states could increase the number of suicides in the 18- to 20-year-old population by approximately 125 each year. Decreasing the drinking age can make some young adults to become sad and depressed and they end up having suicidal thoughts, which then increases the number of suicides every year. …show more content…
Newly-legal drinkers often purchase alcohol for their underage peers, creating a "trickle-down" effect. Surveys show that the most common source of alcohol among 18- to 20-year olds is their 21- to 24-year-old peers.Binge drinking peaks among 21- to 25-year-olds at 45.9%, while the binge drinking rates of those aged 12-17, and 18-20 are 35.7% respectively. Allowing 18 year olds to purchase and drink alcohol can make it way easier for middle schoolers. and high schoolers easy access to alcohol because the 18 year old can purchase it for them and give it to them. Just like how people buy guns and give it to a felon who are not allowed to have gun