FratFiles

• Save Paper

Why The Legal Drinking Age Should Be Lowered To Eighteen
In the United States, it is illegal to consume alcohol until the age of twenty-one.
At the age of 18 people are considered adults. "The right of citizens of the United States,
who are eighteen-years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States or any state on account of age (Amendment 26, Section 1 of the
Constitution). At the age of eighteen, a person can get married, vote, drive, take out
loans, pay taxes, buy tobacco, have sex, be tried as an adult, have children, use credit
cards, buy real estate, act independently of parents and be in the armed forces and die for
their country.
If we look at Vietnam War, half of the soldiers that fought in that war were under the age
of twenty-one, and a lot of them were 17 to 19 years old. Yet that person still can not
drink alcohol. Also we can smoke when we are eighteen. Smoking kills just as many
people if not more than drinking. Smoking......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 1984
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. Drinking Age Lowered To 18
   

   Drinking age lowered to 18 Legal Drinking Age One of the biggest arguments that you will find going on today is, what the legal drinking age in The United States of America should

2. Drinking Age -- Lowered?
   

   Drinking Age -- Lowered? Amy Hennerberg Ms. Melone English 1301 1 October 2006 21 A lot of people have come to accept the fact that a person must be at least 21 years old before

3. Lowering The Drinking Age To 18
   

   Lowering the Drinking Age to 18 Currently in the United States, you must be at least 21 years of age in order to purchase or consume alcohol. The subjects of drugs and alcohol

4. Why The Drinking Age Should Be Lowered To 18
   

   why the drinking age should be lowered to 18 Why The Legal Drinking Age Should Be Lowered To Eighteen In the United States, it is illegal to consume alcohol until the age of

5. Drinking
   

   drinking Should the US legal drinking age be lowered to 18 OR should it remain at 21 years old? A. Introduction At 18 years old, there are many responsibilities gained, such as