Persuasive Essay On Underage Drinking

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Underage drinking is a dangerous thing that is happening in many places where many underage teens are drinking. When teens drink alcohol they tend to drink more than an adult which causes them to have worse effects. There are many ways to prevent this like increasing the tax on alcohol and decreasing the amount of alcohol stores in the U.S. Teens should not drink underage and not know the consequences of doing it and if they don’t then it could ruin their life or even someone else’s. Teens should consider not to drink as it could increase their overall physical,mental, and spiritual health. Underage drinking can be influenced by someone else’s actions. Teens can get peer pressured or get influenced by their parents. ”Peer pressure is among …show more content…

As an example in Tennessee a law prohibits the sales for liquor and alcoholic beverages. There are some states that allow for someone to drink with consent from a parent on private property or if it is for a religious activity.”All states prohibit providing alcohol to persons under 21, although states may have limited exceptions relating to lawful employment, religious activities, or consent by a parent, guardian, or spouse. Among states that have an exception related to such family member consent, that exception often is limited to specific locations (such as private locations, private residences, or in the parent or guardian’s home).” This is not a good thing because if they get permission to drink from their guardian they could drink and go out and drive and get in a wreck and affect someone else’s life because of that law. But in some states you must be 21 and older to be allowed to drink an alcoholic beverage which is better because when you are older you know how to control themself unlike if a teen who gets permission to drink from a parent drinks they would not be able to control themselves and probably go do something they should …show more content…

Comprehensive approaches that include effective population-level policy strategies can reduce underage drinking.”(2).If somebody influences a teen to underage drink that teen might peer pressure their friends to do it with them and cause a chain. If a teen does not get caught drinking then they will take advantage of that and do it more and they will convince they’re friends to do it with them and it is all because of one person that could be they’re parents or someone on social media. That is why people need to stop drinking in front of teens and not show themselves drinking on social media or else they will get influenced by it and it will cause a chain