Drinking Age
By Cameron Onstot
Lowering The Drinking Age Could Have Serious Consequences
"But what about..?"
- You are legally considered an adult
- You can legally purchase things like cigarettes and smokeless tobacco
- You can serve your country
What People do not take into consideration
- How irresponsible the majority of 18 year olds are
- The number of alcohol related car wrecks would increase significantly
- The violent crime rate would increase
- More people would develop an dependence on alcohol
- Younger people would have easier access to alcohol (more kids know someone who is 18 rather than 21)
- More binge drinking would take place
- 39.1% of college students claim to binge drink at least once a month, this number would almost double if people between the ages of 18 and 20 could buy alcohol
- There are already an estimated 3 million drunk drivers on the road each year, who are between the ages of 20 and 25
Imagine the number of these accidents increasing by at least 25%,
Hundreds of thousands of these wrecks already occur each year.
The ultimate reason for the drinking age not being 18, is to protect the lives of young adults and the citizen's lives they could effect.
Colors
Green- informative and statistical
Blue- the emotional aspect of people dying or getting injured due to alcohol related car accidents