LEGALIZATION OF DRINKING

Legalization of Drinking

Abstract

In this study we try to explore the concept of “drinking age” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “the age factor” and its relation with “drinking”. The research also analyzes many aspects of “arguments” and tries to gauge its effect on “the age of drinking”. Finally the research describes various factors which are responsible for “criminal activities” and tries to describe the overall effect of “drinking” on “ages from 18 to 21”.

Legalization of Drinking

Introduction

People over the age of 18 should be allowed to drink, and the legal age should be changed from 21 to 18. The argument based on the ordinance passed in the name of ordinance 21 which was voted down in the 2007 (Douglas, 2008, 56-96). Legislation for minimum drinking was raised to age 21 as per the requirement of National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984. A large number of research bodies have come up with the concern of the impact of rising the minimum age of drinking to twenty-one. Many people think that the law should stay at the age of twenty-one to be the minimum age for drinking, but a number of people want things to go back to the way they were by allowing the minimum age to 18 years old (Kathleen, 2010).

The legal drinking age has worsened the underage drinking

The legal age announced to be 21 is far away from the solution of a problem for the under-age drinkers. It has forced the youngsters from the age between eighteen and twenty to consume alcohol without any supervision and illegally. Rather than saving lives of people, it is putting their lives in dangers, as the youngsters do not have any chance of learning about the drinking responsibilities (Debra, 2007).

Everyone has the idea about the dangers and risks possessed by excessive drinking, which includes the, risk of increased injuries, fights and car accidents. According to a recent study, there is an increase in the risk factor for young adults. Another research has suggested that the alcohol has more adverse effects on teenage brains, highly injuring them more than it does to the brain of adults. It also states that heavy consumption at an early age might undermine the neurological capacities that are required to protect one from falling for alcoholism.

Solutions to this Problem

It is difficult to make youngsters stop and prevent from drinking, but ...