Issue Brief Idea
Drinking ages Should be reduced to 18 Explain origins of law Explain flawed logic behind up keeping of law Compare to other societies with higher and lower ages Establish societal effect Look at statistics dealing with alcohol related crimes Conclusion United States (Federal) - 21 Rationale DUI’s are said to have significantly gone down from a higher drinking age Belief that the problems surrounding underage and binge drinking will only get worse if lowered to 18 Drinking at lower ages causes worse academic performance More early teens susceptible to alcoholism If states were to lower their drinking age from 21, they would lose up to ten percent of their federal highway funding The concept that a person becomes a full adult at age 21 dates back centuries in English common law; 21 was the age at which a person could, among other things, vote and become a knight (Based on old laws) rises in alcohol-related traffic fatalities among 18-2...