Drinking Age To Be Lowered?
Many agree, 18 is too young to handle alcohol...
The younger you drink... the more you'll forget it...
THESE IMAGES ARE SEEN ON THE ROAD TOO OFTEN.
THE LAST THING WE NEED IS MORE DRUNK DRIVING.
Amoung high school students, in the last 30 days...
-30% drank some amount of alcohol
-22% binge drank
-24% rode with a driver who had been drinking alcohol
-18% drove after drinking alcohol
Think about your future...
Teens who start drinking before age 18, are five times more likely to develop alcohol dependence or abuse, affecting their lives, along with the lives of their family members. Once you have alcoholism, it is more than 60% likely that your children will also develop it. A couple stupid mistakes you make it high school or college can affect you for the rest of your life.
Too many special lives are taken because of a stupid mistake...
Click the link below (Ashley's Dream) to see a perfect example of a wonderful life taken away...
If you can go to war, you should be able to drink...
Everyone is better off....
Works Cited
"Alcohol Alert." National Institute of Alcohol Abuse. N.I.H., Apr. 2006. Web. 11 Feb. 2014. <pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publication/>.
"Facts about Teens and Alcohol." Do Something Co. N.p., 2013. Web. 13 Feb. 2014. <www.dosomething.org/factsaboutteensandalcohol>.
"Underage Drinking." Centers for Disease Control. CDC, 2013. Web. 12 Feb. 2014. <www.cdc.gov/alcohol/factsheets>.
"Underage Drinking." Century Council. The Century Council, 2013. Web. 12 Feb. 2014. <www.centurycouncil.org>.
"Why 21?" MADD. Mothers Against Drunk Driving, 2013. Web. 12 Feb. 2014. <http://www.madd.org/>.