The legal U.S drinking age is lowered to 18
Lowering the minimum legal drinking age would be medically irresponsible
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
Alcohol consumption can interfere with development of the young adult brain's frontal lobes
Give high schoolers and even middle schoolers easier access to alcohol.
Legal age drinkers often purchase alcohol for their underage peers
Cause of more accidents
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
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
Allow more of the population to drink at bars and nightclubs
Neighborhoods with bars, nightclubs, and other alcohol-selling locations suffer way more assaults and other violent crimes
half of drivers to tend get arrested while driving intoxicated and/or killed in a car accident