In our society today, there are millions of teenagers under the age of 21 who consume alcohol. “By age 15, about 33 percent of teens have had at least 1 drink, by age 18, about 60 percent of teens have had at least 1 drink, in 2015, 7.7 million young people ages 12–20 reported that they drank alcohol beyond “just a few sips” in the past month” (NIH). Teenagers under the age of 21 all around the country have had a drink or more to feel the thrill of breaking the law, or simply for being accepted by their peers. Even though it is illegal for young teens to purchase it, they can get it from their parent’s own liquor cabinets, unconscientious store clerks, or older friends who buy it for them. One way or the other teenagers are going to get alcohol one way or the other so why don’t we lower the drinking age? By lowering the …show more content…
Prohibition didn’t work, and it doesn’t look like this idea of the U.S. government enforcing this act on its younger citizens is going to work either. Since at the age of 18 you are considered adults because you can vote, join the military, get married, attend jury duty, by tobacco products, and legally get a tattoo without parental consent they should be allowed to consume alcohol in a safe, regulated environment which would help mature them and keep them from binge drinking and making irresponsible decisions. Since other countries have proven that a lower drinking age is successful, safer, and results in less fatal accidents, the U.S. should consider lowering their legal drinking age. Although some people may take advantage of the lowered legal age it will still reduce the injuries and fatalities surrounding underage drinkers. By lowering the drinking age to 18 deaths of college students would go down, unsafe drinking would activities would decrease, and there would be fewer drunk driving accidents involving