Drinking Age

In the United States there is a major controversy about the legal drinking. In 1986
Congress passed the law that all states must have the minimum drinking age from eighteen years
old to twenty-one years of age (Hyde and Setaro 32). Many people believe that the legal drinking
age should be lowered to eighteen years of age. Others, insist on keeping the legal drinking age at
a minimum of twenty-one years old. The drinking age should not be lowered to eighteen years old
because the teenagers performance in school will decrease, younger teenagers are more inclined
to experiment drinking, and by keeping the minimum drinking age to twenty-one decreases the
number of crime and drug use.
First, if the age of drinking alcohol is lowered to a younger age the teenagers performance
in school will decrease. By lowering the age most teenagers will begin to suffer from alcohol
related problems. Over a period of time the drinking of alcohol will interfere with them
academically and psych...