Research Paper On Lowering The Drinking Age

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Lowering the Drinking Age: For It or Against It? The drinking age in the United States is 21. Many people are for it and many people are against lowering the drinking age. The drinking age used to be 18. Many people wish that it would go back to that. Mary Kate Cary of the US News and World Report wrote an article talking about lowering the drinking age. “There was no need for “pregaming” – binge drinking in private apartments or dorms before heading out in public” says Cary. If the drinking age was lowered we would not have to worry about college students buying and selling fake IDs, distributing alcohol to minors, and less turning to drugs because drugs are easier to get than alcohol. Also lowering the drinking age would be beneficiary