If the legal U.S. drinking age is lowered to 18
Medically Irresponsible
Alcohol consumption can interfere with development of a young adults frontal lobes.
functions such as emotional regulation, planning and organization would be affected.
This can then lead to bigger issues such as addiction
would give high schoolers and even middle schoolers easier access to alcohol.
trickle-down affect
easily accessible to friends that are under 18
cognitive functions being affected
underage binge drinking would increase
Could potentially increase the use of illicit drugs among kids 18 and younger.
parties
binge drinkingg
peer pressure to do drugss
would increase traffic accidents
the higher the drinking age, the lower the accidents
more kids driving under the influence
maturity levels differ
lower maturity leads to irresponsible decisions
binge drinking
sexual activity
at 18 kids have only been driving for two years