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

Teenagers who are newly legal drinkers have a high tendency to buy alcohol for their underage friends or peers

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