Who is against lowering the drinking age to 18

This increased knowledge could help kids understand certain dangers that they may not have previously been aware of. These dangers could range anywhere from mixing different types of alcohol to being aware of the different alcohol percentages. A lot of students begin drinking in college where they are in an unfamiliar place with strangers. A lower drinking age would mean people would be able to casually order alcohol at meals and have experience with it instead of starting with binge-drinking.

If a person is old enough to have the responsibility of driving a car, they should be allowed to consume alcohol. Landline and cellular telephone numbers are selected using random-digit-dial methods.

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View survey methodology, complete question responses, and trends. For more details on Gallup's polling methodology, visit www. Seventy-four percent of U. Subscribe to the Gallup News brief and real time alerts. This is part of the Youth Rights series. Please check out Youth Rights Introduction for the rest of the series and more information. Spotted a very interesting post over at the Institute for Democratic Education in America.

It started as a response to the following comment: I used to One major issue with the high drinking age, paired with the high penalties of underage drinking, is that an underage drinker may be left in fear One of our bigger campaigns here at NYRA is lowering the drinking age, the issue about which we've probably gotten the most press, as well as Reasons to Challenge the Drinking Age.

The punishments for underage drinking cause widespread harm. Here are just a few of the different groups of people who face harmful penalties from laws related to underage drinking: Underage drinkers Using a report by the FBI , sociologist Mike A. Males estimates that in police arrested , people under age 21 for liquor law violations. College students In addition to the consequences that any underage drinker can face, college students can face additional penalties from their schools.

These include probation, loss of financial aid, and suspension or expulsion. Bar and restaurant workers can face a wide variety of consequences if underage drinking happens on their watch.

In addition to thousands of dollars in fines and jail time, their liquor licenses may be suspended, losing them thousands more in profits. Employees who serve minors—even by accident—can be fired.

Parents can face criminal repercussions if their children drink. Such parents can even lose custody of their children. High school students can also be forced to take an invasive blood test simply for being at a football game when a beer can was found under the bleachers. Raising the drinking age has not saved lives.

Although drunk driving deaths fell during the s, this decrease was already underway when the drinking age was raised in There were a lot of other factors that contributed to the decrease, such as increased seat belt use, lower BAC limits, and more negative social attitudes towards drunk driving.

It moved drunk driving deaths from one age bracket to another. In an unrefuted study , Peter Asch and David Levy showed that raising the drinking age merely transferred drunk driving deaths from the age group to the age group. Their research confirmed their hypothesis that the real risk factor for drinking and driving is being an inexperienced drinker, not being under It had no effect on long-term alcohol deaths. The long-term rate of alcohol deaths among a group of people has less to do with whether drinking is legal for them, and more to do with other societal factors.

Many other countries with stricter alcohol prohibition than the US have worse long-term alcohol problems. Meanwhile, many other countries with easier access to alcohol than the US have fewer long-term alcohol problems.

The current drinking age causes bad drinking habits. Increased enforcement would make things worse, not better. We protect the freedoms of people who are far more at-risk than underage drinkers. Alcohol is no worse for young people than other legal drugs. Drinking is no more deadly for young people than for anyone else.

The drinking age does not address the dangers of alcohol for the most vulnerable population: older drinkers. Related pages. Great for putting in ideas for my debate! Thank you!!! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sign in Join. Sign in. Forgot your password? Create an account. Sign up. Password recovery. Recover your password.

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