The legal U.S drinking age is lowered to 18

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The legal U.S drinking age is lowered to 18

Allow more of the population to drink at bars and nightclubs

half of drivers to tend get arrested while driving intoxicated and/or killed in a car accident

Neighborhoods with bars, nightclubs, and other alcohol-selling locations suffer way more assaults and other violent crimes

people tend to be more mature and responsible at 21

18-year-olds are most likely entering a new phase of independence from their parents through college or the workforce

A minimum legal drinking age of 21 saves lives and protects health

increased the legal drinking age to 21 saw a 16% median decline in motor vehicle crashes

Also protects drinkers from alcohol and other drug dependence, adverse birth outcomes, and suicide and homicide

Give high schoolers and even middle schoolers easier access to alcohol.

Cause of more accidents

Legal age drinkers often purchase alcohol for their underage peers

Lowering the minimum legal drinking age would be medically irresponsible

Alcohol consumption can interfere with development of the young adult brain's frontal lobes

Affects the teens brain fronts which can and may cause more problems through that persons life

A significant chance of chronic problems such as addiction