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The Pros And Cons Of Drinking Age

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The legal drinking age has it harder for young adults to get their hands on alcohol, but that hasn’t stopped them from finding a way to get a hold of it. The legal drinking age has been a problem since its start in 1984 when congresses passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act. With this act, teens weren’t allowed to purchase alcohol or drink in public, but now teens have a way to find and drink without getting caught.This could mean that teens get older people to buy drinks from them, or that they buy alcohol from a shady store that doesn’t need a ID to purchase things.This begs the question, is alcohol really bad for teens. No one knows the facts for sure, but it wouldn’t be that hard to see. If they set certain limits in states or counties …show more content…

sparks excitement in teens, it's a sort of taboo. “Instead, as millions of americans determined to keep on drinking and entrepreneurs, willing to take high risks in return for high rewards. Moved to supply the market, a vast and lawless black market sprang up across the country.” (John Steele, “It’s Time to Do Away with the Minimum Drinking Age Act” 2) This has also been proven to be effective by other countries, “A recent European Union study study reveals that the countries where moderate daily drinking is the norm(Italy, Spain and France) have the fewest binge drinkers (2 percent, 2 percent and 8 percent, compared to 34 percent in Ireland and 27 percent in Finland).” (Ruth Ann, “Lowering the Legal Drinking Age Will Reduce Alcohol’s Allure” 2) By restricting laws on alcohol, less people are likely to disobey the law. “Instead, the main consequence of this law has been to drive college-age alcohol consumption underground, which has in all likelihood increased that consumption and probably actually increased drunk driving.” This probably goes hand in hand with colleges who are “dry.” Going back to the rebellious argument, this could increase the amount of underage students who consume alcohol, under the staff’s “radar” of

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