Pros And Cons Of Lowering The Drinking Age

Why the drinking age should not be lowered As we all know and understand, alcohol has to be handled with responsibility and not to be misuse. Alcoholism affects so many people in the United States due to irresponsible decisions, but most legally teens who are considered adults say, once you are eighteen, you should be able to do whatever you want because you gained more civil rights by being able to vote, purchase tobacco products and join the forces so why not be allowed to purchase alcohol products and consume it.
At the age of eighteen, teens are viewed as adults that supposed to mature enough to purchase all the above wish list they have written down. The drinking age has become a more controversial issue lately, but because there are

If they allow alcohol on campuses, dropout rate would increase and less teens would be pursuing their goals. At the age of eighteen, teens are viewed as adults that supposed to mature enough to purchase all the above wish list they have written down. Consuming alcohol at an early stage can develop alcoholic diseases such as destroying brain cells and also introducing diabetes and much more and most of all interfering with their success. Research has shown that the harmful effects of alcohol abuse are magnified in a teenager's still-developing brain. In the research Alcohol- related brain damage in humans, Amaia Erdozain states “, The production of toxic ethanol metabolites, and their post-translational modification (PTM) and damage of cellular proteins is one of the proposed mechanisms that contribute to neuronal damage”( 1), which other words, it destroys brain cells that would make a teen forget some memories that they used to know”. For instance, a teen goes to a party and binge drinks just so they can say they got wasted and had a good time, but, next day, they don’t remember a thing because of intoxication of the

During this period, alcohol negatively affects all parts of the brain and decision-making abilities as well as coordination and memory. In the newspaper A Lower Age Would Be Unsafe written by Mooney, Laura Dean states “Adolescent drinkers not only do worse academically but are also at greater risk of social problems like depression, violence, and suicidal thoughts [ brings more negatively ideas if lowering the drinking age was to be lowered and further mislead to other major problems]” and “The adolescent brain is a work in progress, marked by significant researches, development in areas of the brain responsible for learning, memory, complex thinking, planning, inhibition, and emotional regulation “. If we lowered the drinking age there would be an increase of fatal incidents with minors because of irresponsible decisions. Sure, they are adults, but who’s to know if they are ready and mature enough to handle real life situations. Lots of issues can be introduced if lowering the drinking age, but, just in the second paragraph, the drinking age went up to twenty one and saved more lives, why would we want to lower the drinking age and have more issues for our