High school seniors would have easier access to alcohol
Potentially lead to
more sexual assault
cases
Increase of traffic accidents
and fatalites
Resources:
1) https://drinkingage.procon.org
2) https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/minimum-legal-drinking-age.htm
3)http://www.chooseresponsibility.org/debating_the_issues/
4) Toomey, T. L., Nelson, T. F., & Lenk, K. M. (2009). The age-21 minimum legal drinking age: a case study linking past and current debates. Addiction, 104(12), 1958–1965. https://ezproxy.wou.edu:4285/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02742.x
Higher legal drinking ages
were associated with lower
traffic accidents
More violent bar
scenes
The number of people in bars and nightclubs will increase
The legal U.S drinking age
is lowered to 18
18 year old tend to
be less mature than a
21 year old
18 year olds enter a
new phase of independence
More susceptible to binge
drinking, and risky behavior due
to lack of maturity
Medically Irresponsible
Increase of drug dependence, adverse birth outcomes, and suicide and homicide
Alcohol affects the development
in the brain of an young adults
Allow for a greater number of the population to be able to drink
