The idea of switching the drinking age has both advantages and disadvantages. This issue has been debated for a long time and is still a hot topic throughout the country today, mainly on college campuses.
For those who wish to lower the drinking age down to 18, they claim that it will stop the alcohol abuse that is seen on many college campuses today. The reason for this is that the students are not allowed to go to bars and be socially accepted to drink, so they are forced to hide in their dorms and binge drink which cause much more harm. According to the Choose Responsibility group, if kids were exposed to drinking alcohol legally at a younger age, it would make them less likely to abuse it.
There are also many disadvantages that are prevalent in the drinking age being only 18. When some states used to have it at 18, the rate of highway deaths from drunk driving were very high. The inexperience of new drivers mixed with alcohol is a very bad thing to have. It was shown when the Drinking age was moved back up to 21, the number of these accidents decreased dramatically.
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