The legal U.S drinking age is lowered to 18.

The legal U.S drinking age is lowered to 18.

Younger kids will gain access

Trickle-down effect

Students in middle school and high school will have easy access to alcohol

Decision making skills tampered with

Crime

Unsafe Environments

Unsafe sex/unplanned pregnancies

Birth control options

Infant health

Fights

https://healthresearchfunding.org/pros-cons-lowering-drinking-age/ https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/02/10/you-must-be-21-to-drink/lowering-the-drinking-age-has-serious-consequenceshttps://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/02/10/you-must-be-21-to-drink/lowering-the-drinking-age-has-serious-consequences https://nyln.org/9-prevailing-pros-and-cons-of-lowering-the-drinking-age https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/minimum-legal-drinking-age.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866588/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130122162232.htm

Health repercussions

Long term effects

Risk-taking behavior.

Reduced decision-making capacity

Memory loss

Depression

Interferes with a young adult’s brain development

Development process changes

Frontal lobe still developing at age 18

Increase in drunk driving accidents

Higher risk of traffic fataities

DUI rates raise

More arrests