Blog #6

My argument in this paper is to lower the national drinking age from 21 to 18. I want to acknowledge the additional benefits that we currently do not have because the drinking age is at 21 such as personal safety. Many statistics are also added to support these claims. Since this class focuses on American culture, I wanted to make points in my paper that drinking and alcohol is a large part of our culture. I also acknowledge that many other European countries and the fact that they let persons drink at an age of 18 and the benefits that these countries experience having the drinking age at 18 rather than 21. Currently persons under 21 are prohibited from drinking in bars, restaurants, and other events which causes them to drink in unsupervised places; another persistent problem.  The controversy of Alcohol consumption for persons at the age of 18 versus 21 is a persistent dilemma in this country.
             I make this argument by comparing and contrasting the costs and benefits of where the current drinking age is and where it should stand. In this paper I argue that the drinking age should be lowered to 18 years of age.Full Thesis Statement:The national drinking age should be lowered to 18 years of age for the following reasons; youth would drink in a more responsible manner, the drinking age set at 21 invades personal rights for persons over the age of 18, it would lower drinking over-consumption on college campuses, and would be a good move for the economy.
I am going to review Casons Blog post.

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 The primary source site offers an extreme amount of info on this topic as well as some very interesting facts on drinking statistics and laws that many Americans do not know about. These statistics and interesting facts also speak greatly about how our American culture has been formed. 

The drinking age is a large political issue, especially when states go back and forth lowering and hiring the minimum drinking age. This also presents the issue that if the majority of teens are drinking regularly anyway, than why set a minimum age?

I retrieved this main source from when I did in internet library search of the negatives on teen drinking and where the drinking age should stand.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), "Underage Drinking and the 21 Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) Law," www.madd.org (Oct. 20, 2010)

Although many believe that anyone under the age of 21 is prohibited from consuming alcohol in the United States, underage drinking is allowed in 29 states if done in a private premiss with parental consent. 25 states also allow it for religious purposes and seven states allow it for educational purposes.

Between 1970 to 1976, 30 states lowered their Minimum Legal Drinking Age from 21 to 18, 19, or 20.

The enactment of The national minimum drinking age act of 1984 prompted states to raise their legal age for purchase or public possession of alcohol to 21 or risk losing millions in federal highway funds.