Alcohol - Problems & Solutions
This website discusses how the United States drinking age compares to the rest of the world and its efficiency. This site is against the current drinking age, which is 21, and gives multiple reasons for why it is counter-productive. It believes that although the law had the right intentions it has only caused greater problems when it comes to underage and abused drinking. While other research of mine has shown that the age restriction is counter-productive because the rush that kids have while doing something illegal is more intriguing than the drinking itself, therefore, once that rush is gone drinking is not as fun. Another fact this site uses is that the question is should the U.S. lower the drinking age? It is not asking whether or not the drinking age should be changed or increased everyone is always wondering if the US should lower it. This site doesn’t use reasoning for the counter-production, but talks about how education of alcohol could improve its abuse. With my experience I have been educated about alcohol through 9 hours of required service and I personally wasn’t affected by gaining that knowledge. I am more curious about how I will feel after turning 21 and it is no longer legal. So this site, like the initial law, has good intentions however I believe isn’t the solution to the problem of underage drinking.
Daily Blog: Lower the Drinking Age
This blog brings up the recent movements, politically, to change the drinking age. Referencing a Vermont non-profit organization and how they have been researching the pros and cons of the drinking age. Then an organization call Moms Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has opposed this movement greatly by bringing their own research to surface.
I posted a comment in the blog to try to stir up some more conversation with a possible idea I have about the culture of drinking for minors in America
Should the drinking age be lowered from 21 to a younger age?
This website introduces the topic and gives the logistics of why the drinking age is 21 as well as why individual stats have not changed their drinking age. It quotes the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 which, “prompted states to raise their legal age for purchase or public possession of alcohol to 21 or risk losing millions in federal highway funds.” This site then compares the pros and cons of what a reduced drinking age could cause, saying that lower drinking ages have caused increased alcohol-related crashes in the ages of 18-20 but the costs of enforcing a minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) could be used to educated young adults on the dangers of drinking. Another interesting piece of the website is a chart used to show how other countries compare in their MLDA. This chart shows the number of countries in each age restriction of drinking, ranging from the ages of 14-21.
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