Dr. Dre says, “You got to realise that when I was 20 years old, I had a house, a Mercedes, a Corvette and a million dollars in the bank before I could buy alcohol legally” (“Dr. Dre: Networth”). All throughout America there has been a raising question, “Should the legal drinking age be lowered?” Surprisingly, the legal age was 18 years old for a period of time before the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed in 1984. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act prohibits anyone under 21 from purchasing or publicly possessing alcoholic beverages. Currently, America's legal drinking age is still 21 years old. Although specific regulations differ from states, this is generally widespread throughout them all. As a matter of fact, alcohol is one …show more content…
Instead of drinking in unsupervised places, young adults will be able to drink in places with less of a risk. They will drink in places like bars, restaurants and other licensed venues. Frequently, when bad things happen at parties, they are scared to speak up because of fear of getting in trouble for drinking. In this case, teenagers fear being told “Alcohol should not have been there in the first place.” Also, If the drinking age is lowered, universities and high schools can educate students on how to drink responsibly. This will teach young adults to avoid binge drinking. Moreover, they would be less scared to just call someone to pick them up, rather than get in their car drunk. According to Attorney Rich Stime:
Although drivers under the age of 21 represent 10 percent of licensed drivers they are responsible for 17 percent of fatal alcohol-related crashes. Approximately 2,000 underage drinkers die each year behind the wheel and alcohol is a factor in a third of all teenage auto fatalities. Another problem is that underage drinkers have a tendency to binge drink as reflected in the blood alcohol content (BAC) of victims of intoxicated underage car accidents -- on average, five times the legal limit (.40 BAC).